Sea Warfare (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

By Rudyard Kipling

In addition to his works of fiction, Kipling was a knowledgeable military historian.  This 1916 publication combines both interests—with poems, lyrical essays, and factual reports.  Highlights include "Destroyers at Jutland," an account of the great World War I naval battle, and "Tales of the Trade," a harrowing account of submarine warfare.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Mar 29, 2011
• ISBN: 9781411442368

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling was born in India in 1865. After intermittently moving between India and England during his early life, he settled in the latter in 1889, published his novel The Light That Failed in 1891 and married Caroline (Carrie) Balestier the following year. They returned to her home in Brattleboro, Vermont, where Kipling wrote both The Jungle Book and its sequel, as well as Captains Courageous. He continued to write prolifically and was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 but his later years were darkened by the death of his son John at the Battle of Loos in 1915. He died in 1936.