Plain Tales From The Hills

Name: Plain Tales From The Hills
Brand: Double 9 Books

Double 9 Books

Rudyard Kipling's book 'Plain Tales from the Hills' is a collection of stories, wrote in 1888. As the title refers tales from Kipling's book take place from the Indian hills, that being the Hill Station of Shimla. Set in the hi?l stations of late 19th century India, there are stories on every feature of life: romance, men falling prey to drink and opium, horse racing ghosts... Besides this, they include wide range of subjects which are suicide, transvetism, infant mortality, careerism, sportsmanship and the supernaturals. Most of the stories are comedies or tragedies of manners presenting British soldiers, officers, bureaucrats, wives, daughters, mothers, and the doing things in India like courting, marrying, having affairs gossiping, advancing their careers, and so on. This is a whole\n\nPlain Tales From The Hills\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the price advertised is ;