The Man Who Would Be King

Rudyard Kipling meets Peachy Carnehan in his newspaper office in India in 1885. He tells Kipling the story of how he and his comrade-in-arms Danny Dravot travelled far beyond India into the remote land of Kafiristan. The two set off on an epic overland journey north beyond the Khyber Pass. After signing a contract pledging mutual loyalty and forswearing drink and women, they set off with an epic journey north. They meet a Gurkha soldier who goes by the name of Billy Fish, the sole survivor of a British expedition who had all died. Drav