This unique anthology of Kipling's war stories and poems provides critical comment on the ineptitude of the British in the Boer War. Including such stories as "Barrack-Room Ballads," this work provides tales of courage and adventure, as well as shameful episodes of retreat and failure.
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`At the price, this book is a must for everyone interested in humour, war and fine literature. Buy it.' Friends of the Imperial War Museum Newsletter
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Andrew Rutherford is at Goldsmith's College, University of London.
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'WHERE have you been this while away, Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kurban Sahib, Miss Fowler, Van Zyl, Sikandar Khan, Frau Ebermann, Dick Four, Private Copper, Cape Town, Horse Egan, Captain Mankeltow, Rutton Singh, New York, Uncle John, Sister Margaret, Auntie Armine, Lieutenant Setton, Lieutenant Halley, Butcher's Row, French End, Nurse Eden, Durro Muts, Gulla Kutta Mullah, Royal British Artillery, South Africa, Dan Grady New!
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'WHERE have you been this while away, Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kurban Sahib, Miss Fowler, Van Zyl, Sikandar Khan, Frau Ebermann, Dick Four, Private Copper, Cape Town, Horse Egan, Captain Mankeltow, Rutton Singh, New York, Uncle John, Sister Margaret, Auntie Armine, Lieutenant Setton, Lieutenant Halley, Butcher's Row, French End, Nurse Eden, Durro Muts, Gulla Kutta Mullah, Royal British Artillery, South Africa, Dan Grady New!
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- The Years Between (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling) by Rudyard Kipling on 4 pages
- Traffics and Discoveries by Rudyard Kipling in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Rudyard Kipling: Something of Myself (Canto original series) by Rudyard Kipling in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Hong Kong (Where We Live) by Donna Bailey in Front Matter
- Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Readers Level 6) by Dickens in Back Matter
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- Modern English War Poetry by Tim Kendall on page 33, and Back Matter
- Hester (Oxford World's Classics) by Margaret Oliphant in Back Matter
- Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power by Niall Ferguson in Back Matter
- Edward Said and the Work of the Critic: Speaking Truth to Power (a boundary 2 book) by Paul A. Bové in Back Matter
- A Memoir of Jane Austen: And Other Family Recollections (Oxford World's Classics) by James Edward Austen-Leigh in Back Matter
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