Charles Allen (writer)
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Charles Allen (1940 – 16 August 2020) was a British freelance writer and popular historian from London. His British parents were both born in India and his numerous works focus on the British Raj.
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Works
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Books
- 1975. Plain Tales from the Raj: Images of British India in the Twentieth Century.
- 1977. RAJ: A Scrapbook of British India 1877-1947. Template:ISBN
- 1979. Tales from the Dark Continent: Images of British Colonial Africa in the Twentieth Century.
- 1982. A Mountain in Tibet: The Search for Mount Kailas and the Sources of the Great Rivers of India.
- 1983. Tales from the South China Seas: Images of the British in South-East Asia in the Twentieth Century.
- 1984. Lives of the Indian Princes, with co-author Sharada Dwivedi.
- 1987. Kipling's Kingdom: His Best Indian Stories.
- 1986. A Glimpse of the Burning Plain: Leaves from the Journals of Charlotte Canning.
- 1988. A Soldier of the Company: Life of an Indian Ensign 1833-43. Template:ISBN
- 1989. Architecture of the British Empire, Ed. R. Fermor-Hesketh.
- 1990. The Savage Wars of Peace: Soldiers' Voices 1945-1989. Template:ISBN
- 1991. Thunder and Lightning: the RAF in the Gulf War.
- 1999. The Search for Shangri-La: a Journey into Tibetan History.
- 2000. India Through the Lens: Photography 1840-1911, Ed. Vidya Dehejia.
- 2000. Soldier Sahibs: the Men who Made the North-West Frontier. Template:ISBN.
- 2002. The Buddha and the Sahibs: the Men who Discovered India's Lost Religion.
- 2004. Duel in the Snows: the True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa.
- 2005. Maharajas: Resonance from the Past.
- 2006. God's Terrorists: the Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad.
- 2007. Kipling Sahib: India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling.Template:ISBN.
- 2008. The Buddha and Dr Fuhrer: an Archaeological Scandal. Template:ISBN.
- 2011. The Taj at Apollo Bunder: the History of the Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai, with co-author Sharada Dwivedi.
- 2012. Ashoka: the Search for India's Lost Emperor. Template:ISBN.
- 2015. The Prisoner of Kathmandu: Brian Hodgson in Nepal 1820-43. Template:ISBN.
- 2017. Coromandel: a personal history of South India. Template:ISBN.
- 2017. Introduction to Rudyard Kipling, The Eyes of Asia.
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Film
- 2013. Bones of the Buddha (host).
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