With Clive in India: or, The Beginnings of an Empire illustrated. New Edition. 3s. 6d.
At the period of the landing of Clive as a young writer in India the English were traders existing on sufferance of the native princes. At the close of his career they were masters of the greater part of Southern India. The author has given a full and accurate account of the events of that stirring time, and combines with his narrative a tale of daring and adventure.
“Those who know something about India will be the first to thank Mr. Henty for giving them this instructive volume to place in the hands of their children.”
—Academy.
—Condemned as a Nihilist: A Story of Escape from Siberia. Illustrations by Wal Paget. New Edition. 3s. 6d.
Godfrey Bullen, a young Englishman resident in St. Petersburg, becomes involved in various political plots, resulting in his seizure and exile to Siberia. After an unsuccessful attempt to escape, he gives himself up to the Russian authorities. Eventually he escapes, and reaches home, having safely accomplished a perilous journey which lasts nearly two years.
“His narrative is more interesting than many of the tales with which the public is familiar of escape from Siberia. The escape of the hero and his faithful Tartar from the hostile Samoyedes is quite the high-water mark of the author’s achievement.”
—National Observer.
—Under Wellington’s Command: A Tale of the Peninsular War. Illustrations by Wal Paget. New Edition. 3s. 6d.
In this stirring romance Mr. Henty gives us the further adventures of Terence O’Connor, the hero of With Moore at Corunna. We are told how, in alliance with a small force of Spanish guerrillas, the gallant regiment of Portuguese levies commanded by Terence keeps the whole of the French army in check at a critical period of the war, rendering invaluable service to the Iron Duke and his handful of British troops.