The plot follows a young boy who finds King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur, and must then use it to stop an ancient enchantress from destroying the world. So I checked and it turns out he was definitely a real semi-celebrity and his albums are still available through Amazon! The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Man Who Would Be King, by Rudyard Kipling This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a story by Rudyard Kipling about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan.The story was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888). The piece, which is narrated by a British journalist in India, is about a pair of comic adventurers who briefly establish themselves as godlike leaders of a native tribe in The man who would be king He was born in Belgium, he sold shortbread in an Edinburgh gift shop, his book was a bestseller. It also appeared in Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories (1895), and numerous later editions of that collection. It's unabashed and thrilling and fun. Kipling is best known for writing on the subject of British colonialism. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg. “I have been fellow to a beggar again and again under circumstances which prevented either of us finding out whether the other was worthy.” ― Rudyard Kipling, The Man Who Would Be King The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 Technicolor adventure film adapted from the Rudyard Kipling novella of the same name. In this nonfiction account with a similar title, MacIntyre, a columnist for The Times of London, tells the story of the real … But of all the films selected for this year's programme,The Man Who Would Be King is the one which emphatically demands to be seen on the biggest of screens. It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Saeed Jaffrey, and Christopher Plummer as Kipling (giving a name to the novella's anonymous narrator). Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg. The story involves two former British soldiers who were sent in the early 19th century to British controlled India to search for adventure.