Сollected works: adventure and tales. Book 6

Сollected works: adventure and tales. Book 6: 1. The Devil's Guard; 2. Jimgrim; 3. C.I.D.; 4. Her Reputation; 5. Hira Singh's Tale; 6. Hookum Hai.


This volume contains the 6 novels of the acclaimed  by English-born American writer of adventure fiction Talbot Mundy, no doubt among his most outstanding work, together with the Jimgrim -Ramsden -Ommony Stories; and the Tros series.

His first published work was the short story "Pig-sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces. Mundy went on to become a regular contributor to the pulp magazines, especially Adventure and Argosy. 

Many of his novels, including his first novel Rung Ho!, and his most famous work King of the Khyber Rifles, are set in India during the British Raj in which the loyal British officers encounter ancient Indian mysticism. The novels portray the citizens of Imperial India as enigmatic, romantic and powerful.

Jimgrim and Allah's Peace is another of Mundy's highly exciting adventure stories featuring James Schuyler Grim, better known as Jimgrim. Jimgrim is an American secret service agent employed by the British and stationed in the Mid-East. His adventures, protecting British interests against the French and other countries meddling in the region following World War I, comprise one of the most interesting creations from the pulp magazines of the early 20th century.