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G A Henty

(George Alfred Henty)
UK  (1832 - 1902)
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About G A Henty
George Alfred Henty, referred to as G. A. Henty, was a prolific English novelist, special correspondent, and Imperialist born in Trumpington, England. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century.

He attended Westminster School, London and later Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was a keen sportsman. Henty once related in an interview how his storytelling skills grew out of tales told after dinner to his children. He wrote his first children's book, Out on the Pampas in 1868, naming the book's main characters after his children. While most of the 122 books he wrote were for children, he also wrote adult novels, non-fiction such as The March to Magdala (1868) and Those Other Animals (1891), short stories for the likes of The Boy's Own Paper and edited the Union Jack, a weekly boys magazine.
 
Novels
A Search for a Secret (1867)
The March to Magdala (1868)
All but Lost: 1 (1869)
All but Lost: 2 (1869)
All but Lost: 3 (1869)
Out On the Pampas: Or the Young Settlers (1871)
The Young Franc-Tireurs: And Their Adventures in the Franco-prussian War (1872)
The March to Coomassie (1874)
The Young Buglers: A Tale of the Peninsular War (1880)
In Times of Peril: A Tale of India (1881)
Facing Death: Or, the Hero of the Vaughan Pit : a Tale of the Coal Mines (1882)
Winning His Spurs: A Tale of the Crusades (1882)
     aka The Boy Knight
Friends Though Divided: A Tale of the Civil War (1883)
With Clive in India: The Beginning of an Empire (1884)
By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War (1884)
In Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace And Bruce (1885)
The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus (1885)
The Dragon and the Raven: Or the Days of King Alfred (1885)
The Young Colonists (1885)
For Name and Fame: With Roberts to Cabul Or, Through Afghan Passes (1886)
Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots (1886)
The Bravest of the Brave: Or, with Peterborough in Spain (1887)
A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia (1887)
With Wolfe in Canada: The Winning of a Continent (1887)
The Young Carthaginian: A Story of the Times of Hannibal (1887)
Sturdy and Strong: How George Andrews Made His Way (1888)
Gabriel Allen M.P (1888)
Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Tale of Fontenoy And Culloden (1888)
For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem (1888)
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminister Boy (1888)
Orange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne And Limerick (1888)
Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California (1889)
The Curse of Carne's Hold (1889)
The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt (1889)
By England's Aid: The Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) (1890)
A Chapter of Adventures: Through the Bombardment of Alexandria (1890)
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Tale of Venice in the Fourteenth Century (1890)
By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic (1890)
A Hidden Foe (1891)
By Right of Conquest: Or with Cortez in Mexico (1891)
The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition (1892)
Held Fast for England (1892)
Redskin and Cowboy: A Tale of the Western Plains (1892)
Beric the Briton: A Story of the Roman Invasion (1893)
Rujub, the Juggler (1893)
Condemned As a Nihilist: A Story of Escape from Siberia (1893)
A Jacobite Exile: Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles XII of Sweden (1893)
In Greek Waters: A Story of the Grecian War of Independence (1821-1827) (1893)
Dorothy's Double: The Story of a Great Deception, (1894)
Through the Sikh War: A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjaub (1894)
One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo (1894)
In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado (1895)
Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest (1895)
A Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris (1895)
St. Bartholomew's Eve: A Tale Of The Huguenot Wars (1895)
Through Russian Snows: A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow (1896)
A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes (1896)
The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars (1897)
With Cochrane the Dauntless: A Tale of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane in South American Waters (1897)
A March On London: A Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection (1897)
The Queen's Cup (1897)
At Agincourt: A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris (1897)
Colonel Thorndyke's Secret (1898)
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War (1898)
Among Malay Pirates: A Tale of Adventure And Peril (1899)
At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt (1899)
Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur And Glendower (1899)
Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea (1899)
The Lost Heir (1899)
Won By the Sword: A Story of the Thirty Years' War (1899)
The Golden Canyon (1899)
In the Hands of the Cave Dwellers (1900)
No Surrender: A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee (1900)
With Lee In America (1900)
A Roving Commission: Or, Through the Black Insurrection of Hayti (1900)
The Tiger of Mysore: A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib (1900)
Saint George for England: A Tale of Cressy And Pointiers (1900)
Out with Garibaldi: A Story of the Liberation of Italy (1900)
With Moore At Corunna: A Tale of the Peninsular War (1900)
True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence (1900)
With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War (1900)
At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War (1901)
With Buller in Natal: A Born Leader (1901)
John Hawkes Fortune: A Story of Monmouth's Rebellion (1901)
With Roberts to Pretoria: A Tale of the South African War (1901)
In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders And Spain (1901)
Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War (1902)
To Herat and Cabul: A Story of the First Afghan War (1902)
With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara And Omdarman (1902)
On the Irrawaddy: A Story of the First Burmese War (1902)
When London Burned: A Story of Restoration Times And the Great Fire (1902)
With the British Legion: A Story of the Carlist Wars (1902)
Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main (1902)
Through Three Campaigns: A Story of Chitral, Tirah And Ashantee (1903)
The Treasure of the Incas: A Story of Adventure in Peru (1903)
With the Allies to Pekin: A Tale of the Relief of the Legations (1903)
By Conduct and Courage: A Story of the Days of Nelson (1904)
Redskins and Colonists: Or, a Boy's Adventures in the Early Days of Virginia (1905)
Under Wellingtons Command: A Tale of the Peninsula War (1905)
The Young Midshipman: A Story of the Bombardment of Alexandria (1912)
A Tale of the Western Plains (1998)
The Plague Ship (2002)
Through Afghan Passes: With the British in the War of 1879 (2002)
A Search for a SecretThe March to MagdalaAll but Lost: 1All but Lost: 2
All but Lost: 3Out On the Pampas: Or the Young SettlersThe Young Franc-Tireurs: And Their Adventures in the Franco-prussian WarThe March to Coomassie
The Young Buglers: A Tale of the Peninsular WarIn Times of Peril: A Tale of IndiaFacing Death: Or, the Hero of the Vaughan Pit : a Tale of the Coal MinesWinning His Spurs: A Tale of the Crusades
Friends Though Divided: A Tale of the Civil WarWith Clive in India: The Beginning of an EmpireBy Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti WarIn Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace And Bruce
The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus AdolphusThe Dragon and the Raven: Or the Days of King AlfredThe Young ColonistsFor Name and Fame: With Roberts to Cabul Or, Through Afghan Passes
Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite RiotsThe Bravest of the Brave: Or, with Peterborough in SpainA Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in AustraliaWith Wolfe in Canada: The Winning of a Continent
The Young Carthaginian: A Story of the Times of HannibalSturdy and Strong: How George Andrews Made His WayGabriel Allen M.PBonnie Prince Charlie: A Tale of Fontenoy And Culloden
For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of JerusalemIn the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminister BoyOrange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne And LimerickCaptain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California
The Curse of Carne's HoldThe Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient EgyptBy England's Aid: The Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)A Chapter of Adventures: Through the Bombardment of Alexandria
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Tale of Venice in the Fourteenth CenturyBy Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch RepublicA Hidden FoeBy Right of Conquest: Or with Cortez in Mexico
The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile ExpeditionHeld Fast for EnglandRedskin and Cowboy: A Tale of the Western PlainsBeric the Briton: A Story of the Roman Invasion
Rujub, the JugglerCondemned As a Nihilist: A Story of Escape from SiberiaA Jacobite Exile: Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles XII of SwedenIn Greek Waters: A Story of the Grecian War of Independence (1821-1827)
Dorothy's Double: The Story of a Great Deception,Through the Sikh War: A Tale of the Conquest of the PunjaubOne of the 28th: A Tale of WaterlooIn the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado
Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman ConquestA Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of ParisSt. Bartholomew's Eve: A Tale Of The Huguenot WarsThrough Russian Snows: A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of RhodesThe Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's WarsWith Cochrane the Dauntless: A Tale of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane in South American WatersA March On London: A Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection
The Queen's CupAt Agincourt: A Tale of the White Hoods of ParisColonel Thorndyke's SecretWith Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
Among Malay Pirates: A Tale of Adventure And PerilAt Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of EgyptBoth Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur And GlendowerJack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea
The Lost HeirWon By the Sword: A Story of the Thirty Years' WarThe Golden CanyonIn the Hands of the Cave Dwellers
No Surrender: A Tale of the Rising in La VendeeWith Lee In AmericaA Roving Commission: Or, Through the Black Insurrection of HaytiThe Tiger of Mysore: A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib
Saint George for England: A Tale of Cressy And PointiersOut with Garibaldi: A Story of the Liberation of ItalyWith Moore At Corunna: A Tale of the Peninsular WarTrue to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence
With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil WarAt the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta WarWith Buller in Natal: A Born LeaderJohn Hawkes Fortune: A Story of Monmouth's Rebellion
With Roberts to Pretoria: A Tale of the South African WarIn the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders And SpainMaori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand WarTo Herat and Cabul: A Story of the First Afghan War
With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara And OmdarmanOn the Irrawaddy: A Story of the First Burmese WarWhen London Burned: A Story of Restoration Times And the Great FireWith the British Legion: A Story of the Carlist Wars
Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish MainThrough Three Campaigns: A Story of Chitral, Tirah And AshanteeThe Treasure of the Incas: A Story of Adventure in PeruWith the Allies to Pekin: A Tale of the Relief of the Legations
By Conduct and Courage: A Story of the Days of NelsonUnder Wellingtons Command: A Tale of the Peninsula WarA Tale of the Western PlainsThe Plague Ship
Through Afghan Passes: With the British in the War of 1879
 
Collections
In the Hands of the MalaysA Soldier's DaughterThe Sovereign ReaderTales Of Daring and Danger
 
Links to other websites
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