Selected Rudyard Kipling

Deep dive into the rip-roaring collection of fierce and fiery adventure tales in ' Selected Rudyard Kipling', the author of ' The Jungle Book'.

Once we' ve roamed the jungle in Kipling' s much-loved classic, we' ll follow fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne as he finds himself in dark and dangerous waters in the North Atlantic in ' Captain Courageous'.

We' ll then encounter the magic of the Magna Carta in ' Puck of Pook' s Hill'. But beware! Where there is money, there are liars and cheats. And gutsy greed is never far away in ' The Man who would be King' when two tycoons attempt to forge their fates.

Last but not least, in Rudyard Kipling' s most famous novel ' Kim', we' ll follow the trials and tribulations of an Irish orphan in India who balances both the life of a monk and a mysterious spy.

Weaving a rip-roaring collection from a mastermind novelist, ' Selected Rudyard Kipling' is the perfect companion for adventure-seeking fans of Idris Elba and Scarlett Johansson in the 2016 blockbuster hit ' The Jungle Book.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. He is most celebrated for the ' Jungle Book', the short story ' The Man Who Would be King' and poems ' Mandalay', ' Gunga Din', and ' The Gods of the Copybook Headings'.