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The Man Who Would Be King

By: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: David Philo
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This short story by Kipling of two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan, is read by David Philo.

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This Kipling story takes the reader back to the 19th century on the North West Frontier when colonial and racist atttitudes were the norm rather than the exception. A fascinating fictional trip back in time, if sometimes hard to listen to due to the loud background music.

Long before the Taleban

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