Charles Allen traces the Indian experiences of Kipling's parents, Lockwood and Alice, and reveals what kind of culture the young writer was born into and then returned to when still a teenager.
Charles Allen traces the Indian experiences of Kipling's parents, Lockwood and Alice, and reveals what kind of culture the young writer was born into ...
Today there are many Buddhists in the West, but for 2000 years the Buddha's teachings were unknown outside Asia. It was not until the late 18th century, when Sir William Oriental Jones, a British judge in India, broke through the Brahmin's prohibition on learning their sacred language, Sanskrit, that clues about the origins of a religion quite distinct from Hinduism began to be deciphered from inscriptions on pillars and rocks. This is the story of the search that followed, as evidence mounted that countries as diverse as Ceylon, Japan and Tibet shared a religion which had its origins in...
Today there are many Buddhists in the West, but for 2000 years the Buddha's teachings were unknown outside Asia. It was not until the late 18th centur...
A fascinating history of the religious fanatics that would come to be known as the founding fathers of Islamic terrorism and who set down the intellectual roots of Al Queda.
A fascinating history of the religious fanatics that would come to be known as the founding fathers of Islamic terrorism and who set down the intellec...
India's lost emperor Ashoka Maurya has a special place in history. In a wide-ranging, multi-layered journey of discovery that is as much about Britain's entanglement with India as it as about India's distant past, Charles Allen tells the story of the man who was arguably the greatest ruler India has ever known.
India's lost emperor Ashoka Maurya has a special place in history. In a wide-ranging, multi-layered journey of discovery that is as much about Britain...
Throughout the East there runs a legend of a great mountain at the centre of the world, where four rivers have their source. Charles Allen traces this legend to Western Tibet where there stands Kailas, worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists alike as the home of their gods and the navel of the world. Close by are the sources of four mighty rivers: the sacred Ganges, the Indus, the Sutlej and Tsangpo-Brahmaputra. For centuries Kailas remained an enigma to the outside world. Then a succession of remarkable men took up the challenge of penetrating the hostile, frozen wastelands beyond the Western...
Throughout the East there runs a legend of a great mountain at the centre of the world, where four rivers have their source. Charles Allen traces this...
Drawing extensively on the men's diaries, journals and letters, this text retells the story of a brotherhood of young men who together laid claim to one of the most notorious frontiers in the world: India's north-west frontier.
Drawing extensively on the men's diaries, journals and letters, this text retells the story of a brotherhood of young men who together laid claim to o...
The names are fictitious. The events that unfold tell a story of a young man confronted with heated passion. He copes with this weakness and inability to control his desires by confronting the very thing that inflames his interest: Desirable women. The thoughts and experiences of this young man are told in a romantic tale. Although, he is familiar with sexual passion, the road to his uncontrollable want for it pushes him over the edge. I hope you enjoy reading my novel.
The names are fictitious. The events that unfold tell a story of a young man confronted with heated passion. He copes with this weakness and inability...
