Rudyard Kipling in Vermont

“All things considered there are only two kinds of men in the world - those that stay at home and those that do not,” said Kipling. He, of course, did not. He came to live in Vermont near Brattleboro and his American wife, Caroline’s family. Kipling fell in love with this New England landscape and bought eleven acres of land on a hill looking over the Connecticut River Valley. There he supervised the building of Naulakha - the jewel beyond price.Their daughers were born here and in the study, which remains exactly as he knew it, Kipling wrote the stories that were to become The Jungle Book. Wonderful autumn colours around this house and log fires and sleigh rides in winter. Another Landmark Trust property: www.landmarktrust.co.uk