Rudyard Kipling

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The Irish Guards in the Great War: The First Battalion

Beschreibung

In August 1914 Kipling's son John, not yet seventeen, volunteered for a commission in the Army, but was initially refused as under age and with poor sight. It is done with agony and bloody sweat.' This edition in two volumes is complete with the orginal maps and appendices and a foreword by George Webb, Editor of The Kipling Journal.

Autor

Rudyard Kipling was born in 1865 in Bombay. After his schooling he returned to India in 1882 where he spent seven years as a journalist and became well known for his light satirical verse. Returning to London in 1889 he soon gained an international reputation, and in 1907 won the Nobel Prize for literature. Among his most famous works are the Just So Stories and the two Jungle Books.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The History Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 874g
• ISBN-13: 9781862274044
• ISBN-10: 1862274045
• Artikelnr.: 23258003