Kipling

by Jad Adams

Overview

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was the greatest writer in a Britain that ruled the largest empire the world has known, yet he was always a controversial figure, as deeply hated as he was loved. This accessible biography aims at an understanding of the man behind the image and gives an explanation of his enduring popularity

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908323064
Publisher:	Haus Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/2012
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jad Adams is an author and television producer, who has a reputation for writing challenging biographies of political and artistic subjects. His books range from Hideous Absinthe to biographies of Tony Benn, the Nehru-Gandhi clan, and the decadent poet Ernest Dowson.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
	A Poor White	7
	The Family Square	25
	Special Correspondent	49
	A Lion in London	61
	A Home in America	85
	Triumph and Disaster	115
	No End of a Lesson	129
	Ghosts Walk	147
	My Boy Jack	165
	Angry Last Years	179
	Conclusion	191