The Man Who Would Be King - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406819131 ISBN 13: 9781406819137

Publisher: Echo Library, 2007

Synopsis

5 tales, including 'The Man Who Would Be King' and 'My Own True Ghost Story'

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From the Back Cover:

'The Man Who Would be King' is the story of two British vagabonds who set off to establish a small kingdom among primitive tribesmen in Afghanistan. Only one of the men returns, and his condition is so bad that the newspaperman-narrator barely recognizes him.This collection brings together seventeen of Kipling's early stories, written between 1885 and 1888, when Kipling was working as a journalist in India. The stories include: 'The Phantom Rickshaw, ' 'Baa Baa, Black Sheep, ' 'At the Pit's Mouth, ' 'A Wayside Comedy, ' 'Gemini, ' 'The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes, ' 'At Twenty-Two, ' and 'With the Main Guard.'Audiobook read by Fred Williams.

About the Author:

RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936) was born of English parents in Bombay, India. At seventeen, he began work as a journalist and over the next seven years established an international reputation with his stories and verses of Indian and army life, including such classics as The Jungle Book and Kim. In 1907 he became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize.

About this edition

• Publisher: Echo Library
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1406819131
• ISBN 13: 9781406819137
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88