Rudyard Kipling

A Fleet in Being (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (eBook, ePUB)

Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A Fleet in Being is Rudyard Kipling's account of the time he spent with what was called the Channel Squadron. His interest in every detail of the fleet, its operations, and the seamen devoted to their profession comes alive here and presents a valuable portrait of the Royal Navy at an interesting time in its development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Barnes & Noble
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781411439290
• Artikelnr.: 43810692

Autorenporträt

Rudyard Kipling (18651936), called the prophet of British imperialism by George Orwell, became a pastmaster of the short story, as well as a tireless poet. The first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1907), his fiction and poetry include such works as The Jungle Book, The Light That Failed, and Gunga Din.