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Talbot Mundy


Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
April 23, 1879

Died
August 05, 1940

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction


Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) was an English-born American writer of adventure fiction. Based for most of his life in the United States, he also wrote under the pseudonym of Walter Galt. Best known as the author of King of the Khyber Rifles and the Jimgrim series, much of his work was published in pulp magazines.

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Average rating: 3.68 · 1,919 ratings · 250 reviews · 483 distinct works • Similar authors
King of the Khyber Rifles
3.68 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1916 — 156 editions
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The Nine Unknown
3.52 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1923 — 40 editions
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Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1924 — 15 editions
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Tros Of Samothrace
3.81 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1925 — 20 editions
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Tros (Tros of Samothrace, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1934 — 18 editions
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The Devil's Guard
3.68 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1926 — 15 editions
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Caesar Dies
3.32 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1973 — 100 editions
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Hira Singh
4.05 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1917 — 124 editions
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Jimgrim
3.81 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1930 — 16 editions
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Caves of Terror
3.33 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1922 — 80 editions
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Series by Talbot Mundy

Jimgrim and Allah's Peace Jimgrim and the Devil at Ludd Jimgrim and the Seventeen T... The Lion of Petra Jimgrim and the Woman Ayisha Jimgrim and the Lost Trooper Jimgrim and the Affair in A...
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3.69 avg rating — 592 ratings

A Soldier and a Gentleman The Winds of the World King of the Khyber Rifles Guns of the Gods: A Story o... Caves of Terror
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3.67 avg rating — 353 ratings

Tros Helma Helene Queen Cleopatra Purple Pirate
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3.73 avg rating — 286 ratings

The Red flame of Erinpura C.I.D.
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3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings

La invasión de Britania
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3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings

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“Silence is the only safe answer to Silence.”
― Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
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“Good women don't reform bad men, they only irritate them.”
― Talbot Mundy, Her Reputation
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“For a government,' said the god, 'is nothing but a mirror of your minds--tyrannical for tyrants--hypocritical for hypocrites --corrupt for those who are indifferent--extravagant and wasteful for the selfish--strong and honorable only toward honest men.”
― Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
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