"King of the Khyber Rifles" by Talbot Mundy. West Kingston: Donald Grant, 1978. Art by Joseph Clement Coll. Reprint of 1916 edition
"She rode a little white horse beside him, utterly scornful of the risk."
Captain Athelstan King is a secret agent for the British Raj at the beginning of the First World War and the book describes his adventures among the (mostly Muslim) tribes of the north with the mystical woman adventuress Yasmini and the Turkish mullah Muhammed Anim. It deals with the possibility that Turkey might try to stir Muslims into a jihad against the British Empire. The novel was originally serialized in “Everybody’s Magazine” in nine parts from May 1916 illustrated by Joseph Clement Coll. It was published in book form in November 1916. [Source: Wikipedia]
"King of the Khyber Rifles" by Talbot Mundy. West Kingston: Donald Grant, 1978. Art by Joseph Clement Coll. Reprint of 1916 edition
"She rode a little white horse beside him, utterly scornful of the risk."
Captain Athelstan King is a secret agent for the British Raj at the beginning of the First World War and the book describes his adventures among the (mostly Muslim) tribes of the north with the mystical woman adventuress Yasmini and the Turkish mullah Muhammed Anim. It deals with the possibility that Turkey might try to stir Muslims into a jihad against the British Empire. The novel was originally serialized in “Everybody’s Magazine” in nine parts from May 1916 illustrated by Joseph Clement Coll. It was published in book form in November 1916. [Source: Wikipedia]