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A halfcaste british officer in 19thcentury india battles the prejudices of both his army colleagues and the local populace while trying to help put down a rebellion led by a greedy local ruler. Free audio books in genre spy stories that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. Talbot mundy 1879 1940 athelstan king is a british secret agent stationed in india at the. Talbot mundys most popular book is king of the khyber rifles. Based for most of his life in the united states, he also wrote under the pseudonym of walter galt. King of the khyber rifles may well be mundys most famous work. Mar 18, 2018 the story of captain athelstan king of the british india secret service and his attempt to prevent a germanbacked jihad break out against the british administration in the northwest frontier. Browse through our ebooks while discovering great authors and exciting books. A famous novel in india and in other regions outside of it, he was very successful and two films were filmed on the story of his pages, although they did not have so much fantasy and mysticism as the book. Classics illustrated 107 king of the khyber rifles.
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King of the khyber rifles by talbot mundy takes place at the beginning of world war i. King of the khyber rifles wikisource, the free online. Born in london, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in india, africa, and other parts of the near and far east. If youre craving a classic adventure novel from times gone by, king of the khyber rifles will definitely do the trick.
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