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Best known as the author of king of the khyber rifles and the jimgrim series, much of his work was published in pulp magazines. Talbot mundy ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Editions of king of the khyber rifles by talbot mundy. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. King of the khyber rifles by mundy, talbot, 18791940. Kingof the khyber rifles by talbot mundy overdrive. This pulp adventure features athelstan king, hero of king of the khyber rifles. A romance of adventure by talbot mundy free ebook project gutenberg. Mundy went on to become a regular contributor to the pulp magazines, especially adventure and argosy.
Set in india and the regions beyond, it was successful enough so that two movies were. King of the khyber rifles is a 1953 adventure film directed by henry king and starring tyrone power and terry moore. After an adventurous life in various parts of the world he settled in the united states in 1911 where h. Free audio book that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. By age 29, he had begun using the name talbot mundy, and a year later a. Publication date 1953 topics graphic novel, comics collection. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. King of the khyber rifles by talbot mundy free ebook manybooks. King of the khyber rifles talbot mundyfree downloadpdf. Books by mundy, talbot sorted by popularity project. Talbot mundy born william lancaster gribbon april 23, 1879 august 5, 1940 was an english writer. Captain athelstan king is a secret agent for the british raj at the beginning of the first world war.
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