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Rung Ho is a novel written by Talbot Mundy, first published in 1919. The story revolves around a British officer named Captain Athelstan King who is sent to China during World War I to train a group of Chinese soldiers in modern warfare. The Chinese soldiers, led by the charismatic... Read Full Overview

THAT was no time or place for any girl of twenty to be wandering unprotected. Rosemary McClean knew it; the old woman, of the sweeper caste, that is no caste at all, -the hag with the flat breasts and wrinkled skin, who followed her dogwise, and was no more protection than a... Read Full Overview

Rung Ho!

Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 - August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

Rung Ho is a novel written by Talbot Mundy, published in 1914. The story is set in China during the early 20th century and revolves around the adventures of a British engineer named Strangeways, who is sent to work on a railway project in the interior of the country. Strangeways... Read Full Overview

"Rung Ho" from Talbot Mundy. English writer (1879-1940).

A tale of adventure in British India during the rebellion of 1857, the first novel by a premier author of adventure fiction in the early 20th century. Often compared to his more famous semi-contemporaries, Kipling and Haggard, Mundy took a more favorable stand regarding colonialized... Read Full Overview