G. A. Henty

A Tale of Bush Life in Australia A historical adventure set in early 19th-century Australia during the era of British colonization and frontier con...

The Siege of Rhodes The story follows Gervaise Tresham who joins the Order of the Knights of St. John and heads to the Mediterranean. Gervaise’s jo...

Through the Insurrection of Hayti The story follows the adventures of a young Englishman, Nathaniel, or Nat for short, whose journey takes him to t...

The White Hoods of Paris Set during the Hundred Years’ War Guy Aylmer has gone to join his father’s old friend, Sir Eustace de Villeroy. Soon Lady ...

A Story of the Roman Invasion The story of Beric, a young British chieftain, who with his fellow tribesmen bristle under Roman Rule during the reig...

A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden A historical adventure set during the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The story follows Ronald Leslie, a young Scottish no...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic A historical adventure set during the Dutch struggle for independence from Spanish rule in the late 16th century. Th...

With Cortez in Mexico Set during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century. The story follows a young Englishman, Roger, w...

A Tale of the Ashanti War A historical adventure set in 19th-century Africa. The story follows Frank Hargate, a brave and resourceful young English...

The Gold Fields of California A historical adventure set during the California Gold Rush. The story follows Frank Norris, a young Englishman falsel...

A Tale of the Coal Mines A historical adventure set during the industrial era in England in a Welsh coal mining village, Stokebridge, in the Victor...

Through Afghan Passes A historical adventure novel set during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880). The story follows the courageous young prota...

A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem Set during the last days of the Jewish Temple at Jerusalem. In the face of overwhelming odds, John of Gamala does h...

A Tale of the Civil War Set during the English Civil War. The story follows two young men, Harry Furness and Herbert Rippinghall, who grow up as cl...

A Story of Wallace and Bruce At the end of the thirteenth century, the oppressed people of Scotland rebelled against their despised English ruler, ...

The Grecian War of Independence Set during the War of Greek Independence as the Greeks revolt against th Ottoman Empire. Mr. Beveridge and his son ...

The Adventures of a Westminster Boy Set during the French Revolution, the story follows Harry Sandwith, a young Englishman who becomes the companio...

A Tale of India Set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The story follows two British brothers, Dick and Ned Warrender, who are the sons of an off...

A Tale of the Crimea A historical adventure set during the Crimean War (1853–1856). The story follows Jack Archer, a brave and resourceful young En...

A Tale of Waterloo Set during the Napoleonic Wars, focusing on the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo. The story follows the young and coura...

A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick A historical adventure set during the Williamite War in Ireland (1688–1691), a conflict between the Catholic King ...

A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers A historical adventure set during the turbulent period of the Hundred Years’ War. The story follows the young protago...

Five Short Stories Five thrilling short stories that highlight courage, adventure, and moral fortitude. Set in various parts of the British Empire ...

A Tale of The Crusades The story of Cuthbert de Lance, a teenage page for an English nobleman, as he follows King Richard to the Holy Land during t...