The story of adventure, narrated by an Englishman takes place into desert. In a dangerous journey across the desert, the narrator is accompanied by a famous American named James Grim and his friends including a Sikh man named Narayan Singh and Ali Baba and his sixteen sons and grandsons. They all are headed to Petra to accomplish an impossible...More
Talbot Mundy was born as William Lancaster Gribbon; he also wrote under the pseudonym of Walter Galt. He was a British pulp writer of oriental adventures. Best known as the author of King—of the Khyber Rifles and the Jimgrim series. His work was often compared with that of his more commercially successful contemporaries, H. Rider Haggard and Rudyard Kipling, although unlike their work his adopted an anti-colonialist stance and expressed a positive interest in Asian religion and philosophy. —(from Wikipedia)
Talbot Mundy was born as William Lancaster Gribbon; he also wrote under the pseudonym of Walter Galt. He was a British pulp writer of oriental adventures. Best known as the author of King—of the Khyber Rifles and the Jimgrim series. His work was often compared with that of his more commercially successful contemporaries, H. Rider Haggard and Rudyard Kipling, although unlike their work his adopted an anti-colonialist stance and expressed a positive interest in Asian religion and philosophy. —(from Wikipedia)
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The story of adventure, narrated by an Englishman takes place into desert. In a dangerous journey across the desert, the narrator is accompanied by a famous American named James Grim and his friends including a Sikh man named Narayan Singh and Ali Baba and his sixteen sons and grandsons. They all are headed to Petra to accomplish an impossible task. They are going to confront Ali Higg, who has gained fame as a cruel and frightening robber and is leader of their Arab tribes.
Talbot Mundy
