The unforgiving minute: A life of Rudyard Kipling PDF
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HARRY RICKETTS » . NIAGARA FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY PIMLICO , 384 THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE Harry Ricketts was bom in London in 1950, but his childhood was split between Malaysia, Hong Kong and Britain. He was educated at Wellington College and Oxford, and has taught at the universities of Hong Kong, Leicester and Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. He has published editions of Kipling’s stories, poems and speeches, and six collections of his own poety, including Coming Here and Coming under Scrutiny. THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE 4 / A Life of Rudyard Kipling HARRY RICKETTS PIMLICO Published by Pimlico 2000 2468 10 9753 1 Copyright © Harry Pucketts 1999 Harry Ricketts has asserted his rjght under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is pubhshed and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser First pubhshed in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus Ltd 1999 Pimlico edition 2000 Pimlico Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA Random House Australia (Pty) Limited 20 Alfred Street, Milsons Point, Sydney, New South Wales 2061, Australia Random House New Zealand Limited 18 Poland Road, Glenfield, Auckland 10, New Zealand Random House South Africa (Pty) Limited Endulini, 5A Jubilee Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa The Random House Group Limited Reg. No. 954009 www.randomhouse.co.uk A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-7126-6471-8 Papers used by Random House UK Limited are natural, recyclable products made from wood grown in sustainable forests. The manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin Printed and bound in Great Britain by Mackays of Chatham, PLC NIAGARA FALLS PUBLIC LIBRAftf Mfiy To my parents and David ✓ * 4 ■' \ r \ » S * Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xi 1 Ruddy is Coming 1 2 The House of Desolation 15 3 Beetle in Love 30 4 Echoes 54 5 Anglo-Indian Attitudes 75 6 Boundary-Crossing 85 7 Out of India 103 8 Charting the Orient 121 9 Knocking about the States 130 10 London and Fame 145 11 An American Wife 169 12 An American Home 187 13 Tire Trouble with Beatty 202 * 14 Recessional 226 15 Reputations 252 16 A Sadder and a Harder Man 257 17 Family and Foes 280 V 18 My Boy Jack 314 19 Debits and Credits 341 20 Pallbearers > 367 Notes 391 Acknowledgments 414 Index 415 Vlll
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