I am about to start the second year of an English MA with the Open University and have decided to write about Kipling's life in Sussex and his involvement with the Irish Guards. I have just read the novel 'Kipling's Choice' by Geert Spillebeen and was wondering if anyone can tell me how much of this is factual i.e. the correspondence between him and his family, and the correspondence from Sergeant's Kinneally and Cochrane. I realise that the portrayal of John's death is fictional, but a lot of the other information given seems very real i.e. only 2 men surviving out of 900 King's Own Scottish Borderers at Loos.
Any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated.
Thanking you
Elaine Dyke
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