Synopsis:
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) 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.
‘Adams's chronicle is an important study of one of England's literary heroes. He tries to overturn preconceptions that the reader may hold about Kipling and the common perception of him as imperialist, misogynist and racist.' - FT Magazine
‘an enjoyably confrontational biography. Adams identifies Kipling's self-deception as mirrored in the self-deception of the empire whose values he promoted in life and literature.' -The Times
Contents: Introduction - A Poor White - The Family Square - Special Correspondent - A Lion in London - A Home in America - Triumph and Disaster - No End of a Lesson - Ghost Walk - My Boy Jack - Angry Last Years - Conclusions - Endnotes - List of Works - Further Reading - Index
Illustrated with duotone photographs.
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. |
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