RK
's mother was unenthusiastic about the marriage; his father showed his approval of Caroline's general competence by calling her a good man spoiled by her gender.
Carrington, Charles. Rudyard Kipling. His Life and Work. Macmillan, 1955.
John Kipling
once said in private of LB
's poetry that she had many dainty ideas but little notion of how to put them and absolutely no ear for rhythm and cadence.
qtd. in
Taylor, Ina. Victorian Sisters. Adler and Adler, 1987.
RK
suffered a series of blows as he grew older which left him increasingly bitter and withdrawn. He put aside his differences with the Liberal
government in 1914 in order to assist the national effort...
Publishing
Flora Annie Steel
Other early publications by FAS
included school primers in collaboration with John Lockwood Kipling
(father of the famous writer, who did the illustrations); a manual on hygiene; and a monograph (also illustrated) on phulkari embroidery.
Powell, Violet. Flora Annie Steel: Novelist of India. Heinemann, 1981.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Publishing
Flora Annie Steel
Although this edition was not handsome in appearance, FAS
preferred it to the grander English edition retitled Tales of the Punjab,
Powell, Violet. Flora Annie Steel: Novelist of India. Heinemann, 1981.
96
1894, of which she liked neither the title nor the illustrations by...
Residence
Rudyard Kipling
They lived for a short period in Devon and then settled at The Elms in Rottingdean, Sussex, near his uncle and aunt Sir Edward
and Lady Burne-Jones
. This was where their third child,...
Timeline
25 September 1915: A British offensive began at Loos, only to...
National or international item
25 September 1915
A British offensive began at Loos, only to end some days later after heavy losses.
“Battles: The Battle of Loos, 1915”. First World War.com: The War to End All Wars.