G. A. Henty

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...

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...

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

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...

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 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 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...

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...

The Story of the Carlist War Arthur Hallet, a young English boy, finds himself in trouble at home and enlists with the famous the “British Legion.”...

A Tale of the Thirty Years War The story follows Hector Campbell, the orphaned son of a Scottish officer in the French Army during the Thirty Years...

A Story of The Norman Conquest Wulf of Steyning is thane to King Harold Godwinson assisting him in the Welsh wars and taking part in the Battle of ...