Charles Allen (writer)
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Charles Allen is a British writer
and historian
. He was born in India, where several generations of his family served under the British Raj
. His work focuses on India and South Asia in general. Allen's most notable work is Kipling Sahib, a biography of Rudyard Kipling
.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
. He was born in India, where several generations of his family served under the British Raj
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
. His work focuses on India and South Asia in general. Allen's most notable work is Kipling Sahib, a biography of Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...
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Selected works
- 1975. Plain Tales from the Raj: Images of British India in the Twentieth Century.
- 1977. RAJ: A Scrapbook of British India 1877-1947.
- 1979. Tales from the Dark Continent: Images of British Colonial Africa in the Twentieth Century.
- 1982. A Mountain in Tibet: The Search for Mount Kailas and the Sources of the Great Rivers of India.
- 1983. Tales from the South China Seas: Images of the British in South-East Asia in the Twentieth Century.
- 1984. Lives of the Indian Princes.
- 1987. Kipling's Kingdom: His Best Indian Stories.
- 1986. A Glimpse of the Burning Plain: Leaves from the Journals of Charlotte Canning.
- 1988. A Soldier of the Company: Life of an Indian Ensign 1833-43.
- 1989. Architecture of the British Empire, Ed. R. Fermor-Hesketh.
- 1990. The Savage Wars of Peace: Soldiers' Voices 1945-1989.
- 1991. Thunder and Lightning: the RAF in the Gulf War.
- 1999. The Search for Shangri-La: a Journey into Tibetan History.
- 2000. India Through the Lens: Photography 1840-1911, Ed. Vidya Dehajia.
- 2000. Soldier Sahibs: the Men who Made the North-West Frontier.
- 2002. The Buddha and the Sahibs: the Men who Discopvered India's Lost Religion.
- 2004. Duel in the Snows: the True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa.
- 2005. Maharajas:Resonance from the Past.
- 2006. God's Terrorists: the Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad.
- 2007. Kipling Sahib: India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling.
- 2008. The Buddha and Dr Fuhrer: an Archaeological Scandal.