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[A] brilliantly insightful biographical study.... [Allen] is equally sound on all important aspects of Kipling. (Los Angeles Times, Martin Rubin)

Charles Allen prefers to focus exclusively on the glory years preceding Kipling's final return to England in 1900, at age 35, and on the vital Indian experience that provided the raw material for so many of his best-loved works, including the Jungle Book short-story collections and the novel Kim...The book offers a vivid and fully rounded picture of the emotional and physical context of Kipling's apprenticeship as a writer....engaging and colorful. (Wall Street Journal)

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Charles Allen is the author of a number of critically acclaimed books, including Soldier Sahibs, God's Terrorists, and Plain Tales from the Raj. He lives in England.

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