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Kipling
Jad Adams
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Description for Kipling
Paperback. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was the greatest writer in a Britain that ruled the largest empire the world has known, yet he was always a controversial figure, as deeply hated as he was loved. This title provides an understanding of the man behind the public image and explains his enduring popularity. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was the greatest writer in a Britain that ruled the largest empire the world has known, yet he was always a controversial figure, as deeply hated as he was loved. This accessible biography gives an understanding of the man behind the public image and explains his enduring popularity. Kipling was one of the finest writers for children, yet his own childhood was scarred by abuse and two of his children died tragically. He was a compulsively secretive individual: family quarrels and the mental illness of his sister and wife cursed his middle years; and in old age ... Read more
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was the greatest writer in a Britain that ruled the largest empire the world has known, yet he was always a controversial figure, as deeply hated as he was loved. This accessible biography gives an understanding of the man behind the public image and explains his enduring popularity. Kipling was one of the finest writers for children, yet his own childhood was scarred by abuse and two of his children died tragically. He was a compulsively secretive individual: family quarrels and the mental illness of his sister and wife cursed his middle years; and in old age ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908323064
SKU
V9781908323064
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99-15
About Jad Adams
Jad Adams is an author, television producer and regular contributor to History Today. He has a reputation for writing challenging biographies of political and artistic subjects, including Pankhurst (Haus Publishing, 2003) and Gandhi: Naked Ambition (Quercus, 2010). In August 2011 he won the London Peace Prize for his work with London's homeless.
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