S24E10 - 313. Rudyard Kipling: Escaping India & Writing The Jungle Book (Part 2)
Published: December 4, 2025
Duration: 33:38
What inspired Kipling to write his two most famous works: The Jungle Book and Kim? Why did Kipling hate London and swiftly move to the US? How did Kipling develop such astute observational writing about Anglo-Indians in his early twenties?
William is joined once again by Andrew Lycett, author of Rudyard Kipling, to discuss his rise to fame and how although he left India, his writing became evermore obsessed with the subcontinent…
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