{"product_id":"9780141990880","title":"The Long Recessional : The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Gilmour, David, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/08\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 368 pages, 16pp b\/w,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Biography: historical political \u0026amp; military, Biography: literary,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780141990880\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eDavid Gilmour's superb biography of Rudyard Kipling is the first to show how the life and work of the great writer mirrored the trajectory of the British Empire, from its zenith to its final decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis famous poem 'Recessional' celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, but his last poems warned of the dangers of Nazism, and in those intervening years Kipling, himself an icon of the Empire, was transformed from an apostle of success to a prophet of national decline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Gilmour makes clear, Kipling's mysterious stories and poetry deeply influenced the way his readers saw both themselves and the British Empire, and they continue to challenge us today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37121508769945,"sku":"9780141990880","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780141990880.jpg?v=1605289486","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780141990880","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}