Talbot Mundy was an early 20th century English writer who often wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. At age 19 he left London to travel to India and parts of the Near and Far East. Most of Mundy's novels are set in India under British Occupation in which the loyal British officers encounter ancient Indian mysticism. In the 1920's Mundy wrote stories about Tros of fSamothrace, a Greek freedom fighter who aided Britons and Druids in their fight against Julius Caesar. The Winds of the World was published in 1916. The story begins "A watery July sun was hurrying toward a Punjab sky-line, as if weary of squandering his strength on men who did not mind, and resentful of the unexplainable--a rainy-weather field-day. The cold steel and khaki of native Indian cavalry at attention gleamed motionless between British infantry and two batteries of horse artillery. The only noticeable sound was the voice of a general officer, that rose and fell explaining and asserting pride in his command, but saying nothing as to the why of exercises in the mud. Nor did he mention why the censorship was in full force."
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A watery July sun was hurrying toward a Punjab sky-line, as if weary of squandering his strength on men who did not mind, and resentful of the unexplainable-a rainy-weather field-day. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thy trooper, fat babu, drab silk, general sahib, colonel sahib, burra sahib, barrack gate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ranjoor Singh, Colonel Kirby, Sita Ram, Outram's Own, Jagut Singh, Chandni Chowk, Arjan Singh, Ajmere Gate New!
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A watery July sun was hurrying toward a Punjab sky-line, as if weary of squandering his strength on men who did not mind, and resentful of the unexplainable-a rainy-weather field-day. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thy trooper, fat babu, drab silk, general sahib, colonel sahib, burra sahib, barrack gate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ranjoor Singh, Colonel Kirby, Sita Ram, Outram's Own, Jagut Singh, Chandni Chowk, Arjan Singh, Ajmere Gate New!
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