The Man Who Would Be King

Written by Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by David Philo

This short story by Kipling of two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan is read by David Philo.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Saland Publishing
• Release date: Jan 7, 2010
• ISBN: 9781907818257

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet who began writing in India and shortly found his work celebrated in England. An extravagantly popular, but critically polarizing, figure even in his own lifetime, the author wrote several books for adults and children that have become classics, Kim, The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Captains Courageous and others. Although taken to task by some critics for his frequently imperialistic stance, the author’s best work rises above his era’s politics. Kipling refused offers of both knighthood and the position of Poet Laureate, but was the first English author to receive the Nobel prize.