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The Man Who Would Be King (Heathen Short)

By Rudyard Kipling

The Man Who Would Be King (Heathen Short)

By Rudyard Kipling

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English journalist, poet, and author. In 1888, he published "The Man Who Would Be King," a sharp parable of imperial ambition and spiritual delusion. The story follows two British adventurers in colonial India who crown themselves kings of Kafiristan, a remote region of Afghanistan. Kipling - himself a child of Empire - renders their ascent from beggars to sovereigns with journalistic precision and mythic undertones as they wield Freemasonic symbols and military cunning to captivate a native people. Their reign collapses, however, when one breaks an oath and takes a native bride, shattering their illusion of divinity. What begins as a swaggering colonial fantasy curdles into tragedy, exposing the moral rot beneath self-made godhood, the fatal cost of hubris, and the bitter echo of blasphemy.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
60
Release Date:
2025-12-24
Publication Date:
2025-12-24
Publisher:
Heathen Shorts
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798900750026
Weight:
89 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
4 cm
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