(cid:178) (cid:178) (cid:178) ANDREW LYCETT is author of an acclaimed biography of Rudyard Kipling. As a former foreign correspondent, he has travelled widely and worked in most parts of the world writt en 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. (cid:178) (cid:178) (cid:178) Press reaction to Andrew Lycett ’s Rudyard Kipling when it was fi rst published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999 ‘Andrew Lycett ’s biography is very good . . . especially good in his analysis of the marriage with Carrie.’ Allan Massie, Daily Telegraph ‘Andrew Lycett ’s fascinating new biography . . . is another valuable step to restoring most of Kipling’s art, and much of his character, to comply with today’s more severe standards of respect.’ Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday ‘The best book on a misunderstood man for 20 years, and a sound guide to the India of his early life.’ Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times ‘Charts Kipling’s picaresque progress through India, Vermont, Capetown and Sussex with admirable even-handedness. The book is neither an apologia nor a polemic; there is no feebly disingenuous att empt to excuse Kipling’s racist ravings, or to maintain, as others have done, that his more odious political doctrines have simply been misunderstood.’ Terry Eagleton, Independent on Sunday (who chose it as his ‘International Book of the Year’ in Times Literary Supplement) ‘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 ‘Lycett . . . succeeds in gett ing to grips with his chosen subject, showing Kipling in all his colours: raging Imperialist, unhappy spouse and grieving father.’ Mark Sanderson, Time Out ‘This richly detailed biography . . . will still be read long after the latest psycho-histories and literary deconstructions have deconstructed one another to bits. Exploring the complexity of his life and opinions, it allows us to see the almost child-like simplicity of the man.’ Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph rudyard kipling ‘ Kipling Abroad Traffi cs and Discoveries from Burma to Brazil Introduced and Edited by Andrew Lycett Published in 2010 by I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com Distributed in the United States and Canada Exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 Copyright © 2010 Andrew Lycett The right of Andrew Lycett to be identifi ed as the editor of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitt ed, in any form or by any means, eletronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior writt en permission of the publisher. ISBN 978 1 84885 072 9 A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: available Typeset by JCS Publishing Services Ltd, www.jcs-publishing.co.uk Printed and bound in India by Thomson Press India Ltd CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix Maps x Introduction 1 1 India – From the Plains to the Hills 11 2 Asia – Eastern Promise 78 3 North America – Beautiful Land of the Masses 105 4 Britain – The Glory of the Garden 147 5 Europe – Cradle of Good Living 170 6 Middle East and North Africa – A Taste of the Orient 187 7 South Africa – Winter Warmth 204 8 The Sea – On the Long Trail 211 9 South America and the Caribbean – Rolling down to Rio 218 10 Ubique – Further Aspects of Travel 224 Bibliography 249 Index 251 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge the help and advice of Profes- sor Thomas Pinney, whose magisterial six-volume edition of Kipling’s lett ers was an invaluable resource. I am also very grateful to many others who off ered useful support at diff erent stages, including David Page, John Radcliff e and John Walker. 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