The Daughter of the Regiment

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist, who wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. The Kipling’s writer masterpiece characterized by portrayals of people, history, and culture of his time, so Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. “The Daughter of the Regiment” is the story about miss Jhansi McKenna, the lady in the regiment, who was six foot high, all yellow freckles and red hair. She held in great regard in the regiment because of her mother, Bridget McKenna, wife of the Colour Sergeant of 'B' Company. As narrator explained, Bridget McKenna had saved many lives of soldiers at the cost of her own... What happened in the regiment and why the soldiers would never forgive her? Enjoy the Kipling’s short-story masterpiece with “The daughter of the Regiment”!