RUDYARD KIPLING
BIOGRAPHY
Harry Ricketts
Paperback, published 2000.
Amazon synopsis: Ricketts brings vibrantly to life the diverse worlds of imperialist India and Victorian London that both inspired and betrayed Kipling's genius.
Andrew Lycett
Paperback, published 2015.
Amazon reviews: Conducts us through [Kipling's] life and times with authority, dispassion and clarity.
David Gilmour
Paperback, published 2019.
Amazon review: David Gilmour's superb biography of Rudyard Kipling is the first to show how the life and work of the great writer mirrored the trajectory of the British Empire, from its zenith to its final decades.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Paperback, published 2008.
Amazon review: Rudyard Kipling's autobiography, Something of Myself, was the author's last work, but it has not received the serious attention it deserves. Thomas Pinney's edition of the work, supplemented by other autobiographical pieces, aims to change that. This carefully prepared edition sheds new light on Kipling as a man and writer.
WRITING AND TRUTH
PERMISSIONS
Image of Kipling
John Collier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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