The Man Who Would be King (Paperback)

Rudyard Kipling

ISBN 10: 1981682112 / ISBN 13: 9781981682119

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

About this Item

Paperback. The narrator of the story is a British journalist in 19th Century India-Kipling himself, in all but name. Whilst on a tour of some Indian native states he meets two scruffy adventurers, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan. Softened by their stories, he agrees to help them in a minor errand, but later he regrets this and informs the authorities about them-preventing them from blackmailing a minor rajah. A few months later the pair appear at his newspaper office in Lahore. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Man Who Would be King (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1981682112
• ISBN 13: 9781981682119
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The narrator of the story is a British journalist in 19th Century India—Kipling himself, in all but name. Whilst on a tour of some Indian native states he meets two scruffy adventurers, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan. Softened by their stories, he agrees to help them in a minor errand, but later he regrets this and informs the authorities about them—preventing them from blackmailing a minor rajah. A few months later the pair appear at his newspaper office in Lahore.