The Eyes of Asia Contributor(s): Kipling, Rudyard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1911271059 ISBN-13: 9781911271055 Publisher: Kashi House OUR PRICE: $10.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: 940.4 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.35 lbs) 128 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The touching stories in The Eyes of Asia are narrated through a series of imagined letters penned by four Indian Army soldiers in the blood-drenched battlefields of war-torn Europe and Africa, and makeshift hospitals on England's coastline, to their loved ones back home in the relative peace of rural British India and the North-West Frontier Province. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kipling, Rudyard: - Regarded as Regarded as 'One of the most consistently enjoyable writers on India' (William Dalrymple), Charles Allen is a historian, broadcaster and author of 24 books on the Indian subcontinent. He has a recorded family association with India that goes back to 1857 and has written bestsellers including his first work, 'Plain Tales from the Raj' (1975), and 'Kipling Sahib: India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling' (2007). He recently featured in the BBC documentary film 'Kipling's Indian Adventure', which reassessed Kipling's life and adventures in Lahore and their impact on his literature. His most recently published book is 'The Prisoner of Kathmandu: Brian Hodgson in Nepal 1820-43' (2015). |