G. A. Henty

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...

With Peterborough in Spain A historical adventure set during the War of the Spanish Succession. A multinational Grand Alliance army led by Lord Pet...

A Tale of Ancient Egypt A young prince named Amuba is taken as a slave by the Egyptians after his father, and king of the Rebu people, is killed in...

A Tale of Marlborough’s Wars A historical adventure set during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714). The story follows the young protagoni...

A Tale of Adventure A historical adventure set during the Kaffir Wars in South Africa. The story follows Ronald Mervyn, a young British officer fal...

A Tale of the Nile Expedition The story is set during the Nile Expedition as two boys, Rupert and Edgar Clinton, join the military to serve in the ...

The Days of King Alfred A historical adventure set during the 9th-century Viking invasions of England. The story follows the young Englishman Edmun...

A Story of Venice A historical adventure set in 14th-century Venice during the turbulent wars between Venice and Genoa. The story follows the coura...

A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion Set during the Thirty Years’ War, the story follows Malcolm Graheme, a young Scot...

A Mystery An Indian army officer dies in battle, leaving his sizable fortune to his child, his sole heir. Soon afterwards, the child vanishes witho...

A Tale of Adventure in Peru In an effort to win the the hand of the girl he loves, Harry Prendergast travels to the land of the Incas in search of ...

A Tale of the Peninsular War The story traces the fortunes of two brothers, Tom and Peter Scudamore, who join the British army in Portugal and serv...

The Times of Hannibal The story follows Malchus, Hannibal’s cousin, as he joins Hannibal in his attempt to conquer Rome in the Second Punic War (21...

The Zulu and Boer Wars A historical adventure novel set during the Anglo-Zulu War and the First Boer War in South Africa. Dick Humphries whose fami...

A Tales of the Luddite Riots A historical adventure set during the turmoil of the industrial revolution in England, particularly the period of soci...

The American War of Independence A historical adventure set during the American Revolutionary War. The story follows Harold Wilson, a young English...

A Tale of the Spanish Main A historical adventure set during the age of exploration in the 16th century. The story follows a young English boy name...

Restoration Times and the Great Fire Set in 17th-century England during the tumultuous times of the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of Lond...

A Tale of the American Civil War A historical adventure set during the American Civil War. The story follows Vincent Wingfield, a young Virginian a...

The Peninsular War Terence O’Conner is a young Irish lad living with his father, Captain O’Conner. When war breaks out on the Spanish peninsula, Te...

The Relief of the Legations The story follows Rex Bateman, the son of an English merchant, during the Siege of Pekin during the Boxer Rebellion. Re...