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Kidnapped
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Narrator
- Martin Jarvis
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 1 February 2010
- Run Time
- 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Throughout his life, Kipling never stopped writing. He was greatly revered during his lifetime and received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature. Kidnapped examines Kipling's attitudes towards race, and inter-racial marriage in particular, with the amused observations of societal quirks characteristic of his writing.
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Details
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Narrator
- Martin Jarvis
- Duration
- 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 February 2010
- ISBN
- 9781908153159
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Historical adventure fiction
Synopsis
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet born in Bombay, India. Educated in Britain, he later returned to Lahore, India, to work as a journalist. Kipling travelled widely and also lived in Vermont, having married Carrie Balestier, an American.Throughout his life, Kipling never stopped writing. He was greatly revered during his lifetime and received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature. Kidnapped examines Kipling's attitudes towards race, and inter-racial marriage in particular, with the amused observations of societal quirks characteristic of his writing.
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