The Long Recessional
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| Author | David Gilmour |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Rudyard Kipling |
| Genre | biography |
| Publisher | Pimlico |
Publication date | 6 February 2003 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 384 |
| ISBN | 9780712665186 |
The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling is a 2003 book by the British historian David Gilmour. It is about the writer Rudyard Kipling, particularly his relationship with British imperialism and his complex and nuanced portrayals of the nationalities and ethnic relations within the British Empire.[1][2][3]
The book received the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Leland, John (2003). "Review of The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling". The Journal of Military History. 67 (2): 582–583. doi:10.1353/jmh.2003.0135.
- ^ "The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling". Publishers Weekly. 29 April 2002. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ McBratney, John (2004). "David Gilmour, The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002), xiii + 351 pp., $26.00 cloth". Nineteenth-Century Prose. 31 (1). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ Hensher, Philip (14 May 2003). "Exceedingly good advice from Mr Kipling". The Independent. Retrieved 1 October 2025.