(1832 - 1902)
George Alfred Henty was born December 8, 1832, near Cambridge, England. George and his brother served in the British Army where they fought in the Crimean War. After serving in the military he helped his father manage a coal mine before discovering his true gift -- writing.He began working for a local newspaper and was soon reporting on battles around the world. In between news assignments he was working on these books.
Henty wrote over 100 adventure books for boys. We are currently offering 39 on this CD. Great reading for the young men in your home!
As a rule much of what boys learn at school is left behind them when classes are given up for the sterner work of the world. Unless there is a special demand for a certain subject, that subject is apt to become a thing of the past, both in theory and practice. This, however, is not likely to be the case with history, so long as G.A. Henty writes books for boys, and boys read them. History is his especial forte, and that he is able to invest the dry facts of history with life, and make them attractive to the modern schoolboy, says not a little for his power as a story-teller for boys. It is questionable if history has any better means of fixing itself in the minds of youthful readers than as it is read in the pages of G.A. Henty's works.This CD-ROM contains the unabridged text of 39 books by G. A. Henty in plain text format - you can read these on your computer or print out all or part of them. You can copy and paste into any word processing document or email and adjust the font and size to whatever is easiest for you to read. (I prefer a larger print myself!) Also, if you download the free program from www.readplease.com your computer can even read them TO YOU!
Ancient History:
Young Carthaginian - A Story of the Times of Hannibal (North Africa), 220 B.C.
Beric the Briton - A Story of the Roman Invasion (Britain), 61 A.D.
Middle Ages:
The Dragon and the Raven - The Days of King Alfred (Britain), 870
Wulf the Saxon - A Story of the Norman Conquest (Britain), 1066
In Freedom's Cause (Britain, Scotland, Bannockburn), 1314
St. George for England - A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers, 1340
A March on London - A Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection (Britain), 1381
At Agincourt - A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris (France), 1415
A Knight of the White Cross - A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes, 1480
Winning His Spurs - A Tale of the Crusades (Asia, Palestine), 1190
The Boy Knight
Renaissance/Reformation/Exploration:
By Pike and Dyke - A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic (Holland/Spanish-Dutch War), 1579
By England's Aid - The Freeing of the Netherlands (Holland/Spanish Armada), 1588
Wars & Revolutions:
The Lion of the North - Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion (Germany/Thirty Years War), 1630
Won by the Sword - A Story of the Thirty Years War (Germany), 1640
Friends Though Divided - A Tale of the Civil War (Britain), 1650
When London Burned - A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire (Britain/Anglo-Dutch Wars), 1666
The Bravest of the Brave - With Peterborough in Spain (War of Spanish Succession), 1705
Bonnie Prince Charlie - A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden (Britain, Scotland), 1745
True to the Old Flag - The American War of Independence, 1780
Colonel Thorndyke's Secret (India), 1782
In the Reign on Terror - The Adventures of a Westminster Boy (French Revolution), 1793
Through the Fray - A Tale of the Luddite Riots, 1807
The Young Buglers - A Tale of the Peninsular War, 1810
With Moore at Corunna (Spain/Peninsular Wars), 1810
Among Malay Pirates - A Tale of Adventure and Peril
The Treasure of the Incas - A Tale of Adventure in Peru
Victorian Era:
Jack Archer - A Tale of the Crimea (Russia), 1854
In Times of Peril - A Tale of India (Indian Mutiny), 1856
Rujub the Juggler (Indian Mutiny), 1856
The Golden Canyon (California), 1856
With Lee in Virginia - A Story of the American Civil War, 1860
In the Heart of the Rockies - A Story of Adventure in Colorado, 1860
By Sheer Pluck - A Tale of the Ashanti War (West Africa), 1873
Tales of Daring and Danger, 1885
With Buller in Natal - A Born Leader (South Africa/Second Boer War), 1899
Forest and Frontiers - Adventures Among the Indians
On the Pampas - The Young Settlers
Bonuses:
Biographical Sketch of G. A. Henty
Chronological list of books included on this CD
These books are recommended in TruthQuest history guides and Who Should We Then Read? by Jan Bloom.
