Hira Singh [Hardcover]

About The Book : Hira Singh is the story of a regiment of Sikh cavalry who are captured in battle in Flanders in the early days of World War I, escape from captivity and experience many adventures as they make their way back to India.It is originally published under the Title Hira Singhs tale as a four part serial in Adventure Magazine in October and November 1917 and published in book form in 1918 in the early day of World War-1. About The Author : Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon, (1879 Р1940) was an English 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, 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. 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. The Title 'Hira Singh written/authored/edited by Talbot Mundy', published in the year 2023. The ISBN 9788121298131 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 322 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Novel. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: