![]() Dravot’s fearlessness in front of local idols made him a god - the reincarnation of Alexander the Great. This broken man, a lame beggar in rags, tells an amazing story.ĭrevot and Carnehan managed to become kings: they found infidels who turned out to be white-skinned, gathered an army, captured villages and dreamed of building a single nation. Two years later, on a rainy, hot summer night, Carnehan crawls into the narrator's office. They ask the storyteller whether maps and books are needed in the area. ![]() Their task is to find a king or leader, help overcome his enemies, and then become either kings or leaders themselves. ![]() Drevot can pass for the local, and they have two hundred guns. He immediately likes them, but then he dissuades them from blackmailing one insignificant Raja.Ī few months later they appear in the storyteller’s office in Lahore and dedicate it to their plan - to go to Kafirstan to proclaim themselves kings there. ![]() ![]() The narrator, a British journalist in India, travels through the Indian states and meets two dirty travelers, Daniel Drevot and Pichi Carnehan. British literature summaries - Short summary - The Man Who Would Be King Sir Joseph Rudyard Kipling ![]()
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