Charles Allen is a British writer and historian. He was born in India, where several generations of his family served under the British Raj.

• Plain Tales from the Raj
• Tales from the Dark Continent
• Tales from the South China Sea
• A Mountain in Tibet
• Lives of the Indian Princes
• Kipling's Kingdom
• A Glimpse of the Burning Plain
• The Savage Wars of Peace
• Thunder and Lightning
• The Search for Shangri-La
• Soldier Sahibs