Rudyard Kipling in 1915
In January, 1936, Rudyard Kipling was staying in Brown’s Hotel in Albemarle St, Mayfair, London. He was suddenly taken seriously ill with a perforated duodenal ulcer, was rushed to Middlesex Hospital and died on 18 January. Kipling loved Brown’s Hotel (which, incidentally, is the hotel Agatha Christie used for her novel At Bertram’s Hotel) – he wrote part of The Jungle Book there.
Recently Brown’s Hotel has spent 3 months restoring the Kipling Suite. One of his letters sent from the hotel has been framed and put on the wall, there is a “bespoke range of 100% organic luxury suite amenities” available, your evening wear will receive complimentary ironing on arrival, and you will have some nice chilled champagne of fine vintage awaiting you.
I would adore to go and stay in the Kipling Suite at Brown’s, but as one night costs £6,210 per night, this might be a little way off. Dad, are you feeling generous???? Any exceptionally generous readers of ‘Notes from a Book Addict’ can send donations to the ‘Susannah Fullerton Kipling Suite Charity Fund’.
LINKS
Susannah Fullerton: Rudyard Kipling: Novelist and Poet of Empire
Susannah Fullerton: 30 December 1865 – Rudyard Kipling is born
Susannah Fullerton: Book of the Month – The Elephant’s Child
Susannah Fullerton: Lest We Forget
Susannah Fullerton: Crowd-funding Kipling
Susannah Fullerton: A Smuggler’s Song
Susannah Fullerton – Around the World in 30 Classics
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling