Charles Allen

Charles Allen (born 1940) is a British writer and historian. He was born in India, where several generations of his family served under the British Raj. His work focuses on India and South Asia in general. In the book Kipling Sahib, Allen paints a more sympathetic picture of Rudyard Kipling than other authors. His best-known works includePlain Tales from the Raj: Images of British India in the Twentieth Century,Soldier Sahibs: the Men who Made the North-West Frontier andGod's Terrorists: the Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad