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I'm looking for more works, both fiction and non, that take place in the eras of British imperialism. I've been reading Quatermain, Tintin, and some WW1 stuff and I love the sense of mystery and exotic nature the rest of the world exudes through that English lens.

>> No.14789809

Prester John by John Buchan would be my first rec if you like Haggard. Cupid in Africa by PC Wren is also a legit good book. And most of Kipling’s works of course.
Out of Africa is a beautiful work, though it’s not pulp if that’s what you’re after.
I enjoyed the first half of Tarzan very much. Gets kinda dumb toward the end.

>> No.14789820

>>14789809
Awesome

Also I don't necessarily need the setting to be Africa. I just love how the British Empire viewed any of the third world countries including the ones they owned

>> No.14789906

>>14789820
I think you’d like Richard Halliburton’s book The Royal Road to Romance. In the 1920s he bums his way across Europe, trainhops around British India, dicks around the jungles of Malaysia and finishes in Japan.
Also the Poirot mystery novels are packed with fun exoticism.

>> No.14789923

>>14789906
>he bums his way across Europe, trainhops around British India, dicks around the jungles of Malaysia and finishes in Japan.

Fuck, I'd give up the internet and modern living to experience that sort of shit.

>> No.14789955

>>14789699
Some of Hilaire Bellocs works would be right up your alley. Guy used to leave his home for months at a time to just walk around Europe. He also had a lot of experience in the colonies as well. And of course, one cannot mention Belloc without quoting his infamous line:

Whatever happens, we have got
The Maxim gun, and they have not.

>> No.14790369

>>14789955
The dude wrote so much I can’t even figure out what books of his might fit into this category. Pls help

>> No.14791625

>>14790369
Read a little of all of it anon

>> No.14791652

>>14789699
Anything Rudyard Kipling. Particularly Kim. For other poetry see Edward Lear.

>> No.14792509

>>14789699
I would recommend the Flashman historical novels. Also, if you want a real feel for the Empire, read Sir R.F. Burton. Try his Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah on for size...
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58722/58722-h/58722-h.htm

>> No.14792517

>>14792509
this, Flashman springs to mind instantly

Burmese days by Orwell
Bitter Lemons of Cypress by Lawrence Durell (decline of Empire by that stage really)