The Man Who Would Be King (Kindle Edition)
October 19th, 2009
Product Description
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
What a great short story. Greed, guts and struggles for glory. If you haven’t read this story but have only seen the movie, you are missing out. True, you can’t see Sean Connery but you easily get the flavor of the period. And it is free! This is a great short story to read on your Kindle Iphone app.
Nota Bene: Once purchased, my Kindle download page contained this note near the download button: “This title has complex layouts and has been optimized for reading on Kindle DX’s larger screen, but can still be viewed on other Kindle devices.” This message disappeared after a few minutes.
Regardless, the formatting on my Kindle 2 looks a tad better than usual. I use the smallest font available. There is no Table of Contents and no jogability.
This book was required reading in my college lit course. I’ve always enjoyed books about far away places. It should have been required reading in some people’s poli-sci grad courses but let’s not go there.
It is a very short story (I read it in a couple of hours) and amusing enough for the price (free).