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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. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911.

His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Many of his novels, including his first novel Rung Ho!, and his most famous work King of the Khyber Rifles, are set in India under British Occupation in which the loyal British officers encounter ancient Indian mysticism. The novels portray the citizens of Imperial India as enigmatic, romantic and powerful. His British characters have many encounters with the mysterious Thugee Cults. The long buildup to the introduction of his Indian Princess Yasmini and the scenes among the outlaws in the Khinjan Caves clearly influenced fantasy writers Robert E. Howard and Leigh Brackett. Other science-fiction and fantasy writers who cited Mundy as an influence included Robert A. Heinlein, E. Hoffmann Price, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton, H. Warner Munn, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Daniel Easterman. James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon was partly inspired by Mundy's work.

His related Jim Grim series, which has mystical overtones and part of which is available over the web from theosophical sites, ran in Adventure magazine before book publication. Mundy was associated with Theosophy's movement, a friend of Katherine Tingley.

Beginning in the late 1920s Mundy wrote a number of stories about Tros of Samothrace, a Greek freedom fighter who aided Britons and Druids in their fight against Julius Caesar.

The best adventure novels by Talbut Mundy

Affair in Araby by Talbot Mundy

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Tros Of Samothrace by Talbot Mundy

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The Works of Talbot Mundy: 17 Novels and Short Stories in One Volume (Halcyon Classics) by Talbot Mundy

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Bibliography

Talbut MundyJimgrim / Ramsden

  • Guns of the Gods (1921)

  • The Winds of the World (1917)

  • Hira Singh's Tale (1918)

  • King of the Khyber Rifles (1916)

  • Jimgrim and Allah's Peace (1936)

  • The Seventeen Thieves of El-Kalil

  • The Lion of Petra (1932)

  • The Woman Ayisha (1924)

  • The Lost Trooper

  • The King in Check (variant title Affair in Araby,1933)

  • The Mystery of Khufu's Tomb (1935)

  • The Caves of Terror (variant title The Gray Mahatma, 1924)

  • Jungle Jest (1932)

  • The Marriage of Meldrum Strange

  • Om: The Secret of Ahbor Valley (1924)

  • The Hundred Days (1931)

  • The Nine Unknown (1923)

  • The Devil's Guard (variant title Ramsden, 1926)

  • Jimgrim (1931)

  • The Gunga Sahib (1934)

  • C.I.D. (1932)

  • The Red Flame of Erinpura


Tros

  • Tros of Samothrace (1925)

  • Queen Cleopatra (1929)

  • Purple Pirate (1935)


Lobsang Pun

  • The Thunder Dragon Gate (1937)

  • Old Ugly Face (1940)


Non-series

  • Rung Ho! (1914)

  • The Ivory Trail (1917)

  • Black Light (1930)

  • All Four Winds: Four Novels of India (omnibus, 1932)

  • Full Moon (variant title, There Was a Door, 1935)

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Tides in the ocean of stars and the infinite rhythm of space;
Cycles on cycles of aeons adrone on an infinite beach;
"Om...The Secret of the Abhor Valley"
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"King - Of the Khyber Rifles"
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THE SAYINGS OF TSIANG SAMDUP
We should ascend out of perversity, even as we ascend a mountain that we do not know, with the aid of guides who do know. None who sets forth on an unknown voyage stipulates t
Essays from The Theosophical Path
A Beginner's Concept of Theosophy
Miscarriage of Justice
HopeSincerity Blackmail As to Capital Punishment
Another's Duty Is Full of Danger
As to Success and Failure
An Answer to Correspondents
Apology As to Writing and Reading
I Will and I
Talbot Mundy - Biography and Life
About his life and philosophy

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Talbot Mundy, Philosopher of Adventure: A Critical Biography 

Talbot Mundy, Philosopher of Adventure: A Critical Biography

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"What makes this such a fascinating read is that Brian Taves has written the biography in such a way that all Mundy's novels and other writings are explained it the context of his ongoing spiritual and religious maturity. Mundy was a man well ahead of his times showing a deep understanding of comparative religions and cultures as well as respect and tolerance for these peoples whether in India, Tibet ,The Far East and Africa. He was able to do this of course because he was an insatiable traveller in all parts of the world where he carried out extensive research for his novels.

Even though Mundy had a colourful life full of adventure and numerous romances Brian Taves does not sensationalise these points, only refers to them in context. Some researchers have described Mundy as a bit of a rogue and have emphasised the more scandalous aspects of his career, however Taves shows us a deeply sensitive, very intelligent and generous man whose main aim in life was to live in harmony with his fellow human beings whatever their race or culture. Taves biography is non-judgemental as any good biography should be.

There is a thorough analysis of every major novel, movie adaptation and many of the more famous pulp stories with a large emphasis on the most fruitful and happy time of his life which he spent at Point Loma with Katherine Tingley and other members of the Theosophical Society whose influence was very beneficial, helping him produce some of his most important works like "Om","The Devil's Guard", Tros of Samothrace and"The Red Flame of Erinpura"."

Malcolm Henderson