The Man Who Would Be King - Rudyard Kipling - Books - Book Jungle - 9781594626326 - April 20, 2007
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The Man Who Would Be King

"The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a novella by Rudyard Kipling. It is about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak in Borneo; and by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who was granted the title Prince of Ghor in perpetuity for himself and his descendants. It incorporates a number of other factual elements such as the European-like appearance of many Nuristani people, and an ending modelled on the return of the head of the explorer Adolf Schlagintweit to colonial administrators.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 20, 2007
ISBN13 9781594626326
Publishers Book Jungle
Pages 144
Dimensions 231 × 8 × 188 mm   ·   258 g
Language English  

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