author
C. A. (Charles Augustus) Kincaid
1870–1954
A British judge and storyteller in colonial India, he wrote history, folklore, and retellings that opened Indian traditions to English-language readers. He is especially remembered for his work on Maratha history and for collecting tales from western India.
2 Audiobooks
Deccan Nursery Tales; or, Fairy Tales from the South
by C. A. (Charles Augustus) Kincaid
Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat
by C. A. (Charles Augustus) Kincaid
About the author
Born in Indore in 1870, Charles Augustus Kincaid was educated at Sherborne School and Balliol College, Oxford, before joining the Indian Civil Service in 1891. He spent much of his working life in British India, serving in the Bombay Presidency and later becoming a judge of the Bombay High Court.
Alongside his legal career, he was a busy and versatile writer. He co-authored the three-volume History of the Maratha People with D. B. Parasnis, and he also published collections such as Deccan Nursery Tales and Folk Tales of Sind and Gujarat, bringing regional stories and historical subjects to a wide English readership.
Kincaid died in London in 1954. His books remain of interest both as readable introductions to Indian legend and history, and as examples of how British writers in India tried to interpret the cultures around them for readers at home.