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King of the khyber rifles prelude by bernard herrmann, conducted by william stromberg. This novel was also the basis for john fords the black watch 1929. King of the khyber rifles is a novel by british writer talbot mundy. Written in 1916 and set in the period at the beginning of the first world war, it positively reeks with the white mans burden of maintaining rule over. The author, talbot mundy 18791940, was born in england. Freshly arrived sandhursttrained captain alan king, better versed in pashtun then any of the veterans and born locally as army brat, survives an attack on his escort to his northwest frontier province garrison near the khyber pass because of ahmed, a native afridi deserter from the muslim fanatic rebel karram khans forces. You can also read the full text online using our ereader. First serialized in everybodys from may 1916 to january 1917, with illustrations by joseph clement coll. It stars tyrone power, terry moore, michael rennie, guy rolfe, richard wyler, john farrow and is distributed by 20th century fox. King moved in his sleep, rather noisily, and the movement knocked a book to.
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