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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An old school story of Empire and RomanceBy Skandia RecluseThis is a story about Empire and the mysterious and exotic lands and savage people who live beyond the frontiers of civilization. This is a James Bond adventure before the name Bond was known and it reveals that these men have been around for millennia, since before the days of Empires.The ending of this story is anti-climatic since the magic is in the beginning and the middle for the destination is not the story; the story is in the journey. The story is about the mysterious and exotic land of the Khyber pass and the people who live there. It might well lead you on a search of the internet to study the images of that strange land and the people who live there. There are old words, strange and foreign words, that are not in English dictionaries and will lead you on a search even though the meaning of most of those words can be understood by the context in which they are used.There are artifacts of the process of scanning an old book and converting it to digital bits, if those things are important to you.There is a movie of the same name filmed in 1953 that is unrelated to the book, and there is a new review of the movie on imdb.com that is an education in itself.It is worth your time, and a bargain at a price of free.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. This isn't Tyrone Powers' KingBy Kindle CustomerI saw this title and decided to give it a try. I had seen the movie King of the Khyber Rifles and wanted to read the story to see how it compared to the movie. Well there is a big difference. The book is only remotely like the movie. To go into details would spoil both movie and book. I did however enjoy the book. The story is set in India of the Raj at the beginning of World War I. King is sent on a mission to the Khyber Pass to stop possible rebellion among the hill tribesmen. So much for the plot anymore and I tell the whole story.The author, Talbot Mundy, wrote this in the period of the Pulps. This is shown by the long passages, which are characteristic of writing from this period. If you are a fan of the Robert Howard non-Conan stories, which are set in a more modern era or a fan Kipling and his stories of India. Then by all means read King of the Khyber Rifles. It will show the high adventure of the Pulp Era of story telling.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. If you like tales of the British Raj- enjoy!By D. Andrew KilleKing of the Khyber Rifles won't rank among the greats of English literature, but it is an enjoyable romp through the myths of the British Empire's "glory days" before reality came crashing in. Written in 1916 and set in the period at the beginning of the First World War, it positively reeks with the "white man's burden" of maintaining rule over the benighted savages of India and Afghanistan. If you find that attitude offensive, even in its fictional form, you won't enjoy this book. Our brave hero, Athelstan King, is a secret agent sent up into the "Hills" (they always are put in quote marks) to head off an insurrection led by a mysterious woman known as Yasmini. It's interesting in part to read the book in light of current unrest in the same part of the world- somehow neither the British nor the Russians were able to subdue the Khyber Pass (the pass between India and Afghanistan), and now the US is having similar difficulties.It's fun reading, if you don't take it too seriously. I first ran across it in the old Classics Illustrated comics. Not sure it qualifies as a "classic," but it certainly has enough intrigue, mystery, and atmosphere to carry the reader through.

Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon, 23 April 1879 – 5 August 1940) was an English-born American writer of adventure fiction. Based for most of his life in the United States, he also wrote under the pseudonym of Walter Galt. Best known as the author of King of the Khyber Rifles and the Jimgrim series, much of his work was published in pulp magazines. Mundy was born to a conservative middle-class family in Hammersmith, West London. Educated at Rugby College, he left with no qualifications and moved to British India, where he worked in administration and then journalism. He relocated to East Africa, where he worked as an ivory poacher and then as the town clerk of Kisumu. In 1909 he moved to New York City in the U.S., where he found himself living in poverty. A friend encouraged him to start writing about his life experiences, and he sold his first short story to Frank Munsey's magazine, The Scrap Book, in 1911. He soon began selling short stories and non-fiction articles to a variety of pulp magazines, such as Argosy, Cavalier, and Adventure. In 1914 Mundy published his first novel, Rung Ho!, soon followed by The Winds of the World and King of the Khyber Rifles, all of which were set in British India and drew upon his own experiences. Critically acclaimed, they were published in both the U.S. and U.K.

About the AuthorTalbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Many of his novels, including his first novel Rung Ho!, and his most famous work King of the Khyber Rifles, are set in India during the British Raj in which the loyal British officers encounter ancient Indian mysticism. The novels portray the citizens of Imperial India as enigmatic, romantic and powerful. His British characters have many encounters with the mysterious Thugee Cults.

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