Kipling and the Sea: Voyages and Discoveries from North Atlantic to South - Hardcover

Kipling, Rudyard

9781780762739: Kipling and the Sea: Voyages and Discoveries from North Atlantic to South

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780762739 ISBN 13: 9781780762739

Publisher: I.B.Tauris, 2014

Kipling may be best known as a commentator on the British Empire, but he was also a vivid observer and chronicler of the sea—and of ships and all who sailed in them. For him, the sea was the glue which bound the British Empire together. So Kipling wrote copiously about his own voyages—to India, across the Pacific and Atlantic, down to South Africa and Australia— and about the voyages of others. Sailors were particular heroes of his, as adventurers who braved every kind of element and danger in order to reach distant lands. In writing about them, he was enthralled by the romance of the sea, touching on everything from pirates to technical changes in ships. At all stages of his life Kipling peppered his many letters with observations about the sea, encompassing his own voyages and his other nautical interests. Newly edited and featuring a commentary by Kipling expert and author of the much-praised Kipling Abroad, Kipling and the Sea illuminates a side of Kipling’s work that has not yet been fully explored.

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About the Author:

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English short story writer, poet, and novelist, most commonly known for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and children’s stories. Some of his bestselling works include The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, and the short story The Man Who Would Be King.

Andrew Lycett is author of the acclaimed biography of Rudyard Kipling and the successful and acclaimed Kipling Abroad . As a former foreign correspondent, he has traveled widely and worked in most parts of the world written about by Kipling. His other books include highly regarded lives of Ian Fleming, Dylan Thomas, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He is a member of the Council of the Kipling Society and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Review:

Praise for Kipling Abroad: '[Kipling] was one of the great travel writers... But despite his wonderful fluency, quality inevitably suffers with volume, making a selection such as this particularly valuable. This excellent selection shows us once again, if we were in any doubt, that this man really could write.' Jad Adams, Guardian 'This perfect bedside book collects the most descriptive and revealing of Kipling's travel writing, never before published in a single volume. Kipling comes across as an engaging travel companion - thoughtful, curious, acute - and a writer perfectly able to evoke and crystallise the sights, sounds and spirit of a place.' Clover Stroud, The Telegraph 'Andrew Lycett has had the good idea of making a collection of Kipling's travel writing...[he] has compiled a very enjoyable anthology. There is scarcely a single piece that isn't worth reaing. Kipling's keen observation and gift for illuminating phrase are everywhere apparent and book will be welcomed by aficionados' Allan Massie, Literary Review 'Kipling's biographer Andrew Lycett presents a useful anthology of the author's travel writings, drawing on letters and journalism as well as on Kipling's published books and poems.'- London Review Bookshop 'Lycett has looked at Kipling warts and all, and conducts us through his life and times with authority, dispassion and clarity. This is an excellent biography, with everything in its place.' Lawrence James, Literary Review

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