George Alfred Henty
Born	December 8, 1832 Cambridge, England
Died	November 16, 1902 Weymouth, Dorset, England

George Alfred Henty (December 8, 1832 - November 16, 1902), commonly referred to as G. A. Henty, was a prolific British novelist, war correspondent, and Imperialist born in Trumpington, England. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His most famous works include The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895). December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Weymouth Harbour is situated in the centre of the resort town of Weymouth. ... Dorset - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone. ... Imperialism is the policy of extending the control or authority over foreign entities as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires, either through direct territorial or through indirect methods of exerting control on the politics and/or economy of other countries. ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... Adventure novels have adventure as a main theme. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biography

G.A. Henty was born in Trumpington, near Cambridge. He was a sickly child who had to spend long periods in bed. During his frequent illnesses he became an avid reader and developed a wide range of interests which he carried into adulthood. He attended Westminster School, London and later Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was a keen sportsman. He left the university early without completing his degree to volunteer for the Army Hospital Commissariat when the Crimean War began. He was sent to the Crimea and while there he witnessed the appalling conditions under which the British soldier had to fight. His letters home were filled with vivid descriptions of what he saw. His father was impressed by his letters and sent them to The Morning Advertiser newspaper which printed them. This initial writing success was a factor in Henty's later decision to accept the offer to become a Special Correspondent, the early name for writers now better known as War Correspondents. Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Motto: Dat Deus Incrementum The Royal College of St. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... Full name Gonville and Caius College Motto - Named after Edmund Gonville & John Caius Previous names Gonville Hall (1348), Gonville & Caius (1557) Established 1348 Sister College Brasenose College Master Neil McKendrick Location Trinity St Undergraduates 468 Graduates 291 Homepage Boatclub Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, generally known as Caius (though pronounced... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Second French Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia Imperial Russia Strength 250,000 British 400,000 French 10,000 Sardinian 1,200,000 Russian Casualties 17,500 British 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of... Motto: Процветание в единстве - Prosperity in unity Anthem: Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина - Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Capital Simferopol Largest cities Simferopol, Eupatoria, Kerch, Theodosia, Yalta Official language Ukrainian. ...

Shortly before resigning from the army as a captain in 1859 he married Elizabeth Finucane. The couple had four children. Elizabeth died in 1865 after a long illness and shortly after her death Henty began writing articles for the Standard newspaper. In 1866 the newspaper sent him as their Special Correspondent to report on the Austro-Italian War where he met Giuseppe Garibaldi. He went on to cover the 1868 British punitive expedition to Abyssinia, the Franco-Prussian War, the Ashanti War, the Carlist Rebellion in Spain and the Turco-Serbian War. He also witnessed the opening of the Suez Canal and traveled to Palestine, Russia and India. Combatants Austria, Saxony, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg, Hanover and some minor German States (formerly as the Deutscher Bund) Prussia, Italy and some minor German States Strength 600,000 Austrians and German allies 500,000 Prussians and German allies 300,000 Italians Casualties 20,000 dead or wounded 37,000 dead... Garibaldi in 1866 Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 – June 2, 1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Combatants France Prussia allied with German states (later German Empire) Commanders Napoleon III Helmuth von Moltke Strength 500,000 550,000 Casualties 150,000 dead or wounded 284,000 captured 350,000 civilian [citation needed] 100,000 dead or wounded 200,000 civilian [citation needed] The Franco-Prussian War (July... A shrunken Ashanti Confederacy near the end of its existence in 1896 The Ashanti Kingdom or Confederacy was a powerful state in West Africa in the years prior to European colonization. ... Carlism is a traditionalist, legitimist political movement in Spain seeking, among other things, the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne. ... 1881 drawing of the Suez Canal. ... Palestine (Hebrew: Eretz Israel, Arabic: ‎ FilastÄ«n or FalastÄ«n, see also Land of Israel) is one of many historical names for the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the banks of the Jordan River, plus various adjoining lands to the east and south. ...

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. The book was published by Griffith and Farran in November 1870 with a title page date of 1871. While most of the 122 books he wrote were for children, he also wrote adult novels, non-fiction such as The March to Magdala, short stories for the likes of The Boy's Own Paper and edited the Union Jack, a weekly boys magazine. Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

His children's novels typically revolved around a boy or young man living in troubled times. These ranged from the Punic War to more recent conflicts such as the Napoleonic Wars or the American Civil War. Henty’s heroes -- which rarely included young ladies -- are uniformly intelligent, courageous, honest and resourceful with plenty of 'pluck' yet are also modest. These virtues have made Henty's novels popular today among many Christians and Home Schoolers. History -- Military History -- War The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and the Phoenician city of Carthage. ... Combatants Allies: • Great Britain/United Kingdom, • Prussia, • Austria, • Sweden, • Russia, • France • Denmark-Norway • Poland Casualties Full list The Napoleonic Wars consisted of a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederate) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties Killed in action: 110,000 Total dead: 360,000 Wounded: 275,200 Killed in action: 93,000 Total dead: 258... This article is about the religous people known as Christians. ... Thomas Edison attended compulsory school for only three months, after which he was taught at home by his mother and a tutor. ...

On November 16, 1902, Henty died aboard his yacht in Weymouth Harbour shortly before he finished his last novel, By Conduct and Courage., which was completed by his son Captain C.G. Henty. Weymouth Harbour is situated in the centre of the resort town of Weymouth. ...

Bibliography

Henty wrote 122 works of historical fiction. The dates given below are those printed at the foot of the title page of the very first editions in the United Kingdom. It is a common misconception that American Henty titles were published before those of the UK. All Henty titles bar one were published in the UK before those of America. The simple explanation for this error is that Charles Scribner's Sons of New York dated their Henty first editions for the current year. The first UK editions were always dated for the coming year, to have them looking fresh for Christmas. The only Henty title published in book form in America before the UK book was In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers dated 1900 and published by Harper of New York. This title was published in book form in the UK in 1905, although the story itself had already been published in England prior to the first American edition, in The Boy's Own Annual. Categories: Corporation stubs ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ...

The following are some of Henty's titles in alphabetical order, with British dates of publication:

• All But Lost Vol. Volumes I, II and III, 1869
• At Aboukir and Acre, A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt, 1899
• At Agincourt, A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris, 1897
• At the Point of the Bayonet, A Tale of the Mahratta War, 1902
• Beric the Briton, A Story of the Roman Invasion, 1893
• Bonnie Prince Charlie, A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden, 1888
• Both Sides the Border, A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower, 1899
• The Brahmin's Treasure, 1900 (American title for Colonel Thorndyke's Secret.)
• Bravest of the Brave, With Peterborough in Spain, 1887
• By Conduct and Courage, A Story of Nelson's Days, 1905
• By England's Aid, The Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585 - 1604, 1891
• By Pike and Dyke, A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1890
• By Right of Conquest, With Cortez in Mexico, 1891
• By Sheer Pluck, A Tale of the Ashanti War, 1884
• Captain Bayley's Heir, A Tale of the Gold Fields of California, 1889
• Cat of Bubastes, A Tale of Ancient Egypt, 1889
• Chapter of Adventures, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria, 1891
• Colonel Thorndyke's Secret 1898 (American title: The Brahmin's Treasure.)
• Condemned as a Nihilist, A Story of Escape from Siberia, 1893
• Cornet of Horse, A Tale of Marlborough's Wars, 1881
• Curse of Carne's Hold, A Tale of Adventure, 1889
• Dash For Khartoum, A Tale of the Nile Expedition, 1892
• Dorothy's Double, The Story of a Great Deception, 1894
• Dragon and the Raven, The Days of King Alfred, 1886
• Facing Death, The Hero of the Vaughan Pit - A Tale of the Coal Mines, 1882
• Final Reckoning, A Tale of Bush Life in Australia, 1887
• For Name and Fame, To Cabul with Roberts, 1886
• For the Temple, A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem, 1888
• Friends Though Divided, A Tale of the Civil War, 1883
• Gabriel Allen M.P., 1888
• Held Fast for England, A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779 - 83), 1892
• Hidden Foe, 1891
• In Freedom's Cause, A Story of Wallace and Bruce, 1885
• In Greek Waters, A Story of the Grecian War of Independence (1821 - 1827), 1893
• In the Hands of the Cave Dwellers, 1900
• In the Hands of the Malays, 1905
• In the Heart of the Rockies, A Story of Adventure in Colorado, 1895
• In the Irish Brigade, A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain, 1901
• In the Reign of Terror, The Adventures of a Westminster Boy, 1888
• In Times of Peril, A Tale of India, 1881
• Jack Archer, A Tale of the Crimea, 1883
• Jacobite Exile, A, An Englishman in the Service of Charles XII, 1894
• John Hawke's Fortune, A Story of Monmouth's Rebellion, 1901
• Knight of the White Cross, A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes, 1896
• Lion of St. Mark, A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century, 1889
• Lion of the North, A Tale of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion, 1886
• Lost Heir, 1899
• Maori and Settler, A Tale of the New Zealand War, 1891
• March on London, Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection, 1898
• March to Coomassie, 1874
• March to Magdala, 1868
• No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendée, 1900
• On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War, 1897
• One of the 28th, A Tale of Waterloo, 1890
• Orange and Green, A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick, 1888
• Out on the Pampas, The Young Settlers, 1871
• Out With Garibaldi, A Story of the Liberation of Italy, 1901
• Plague Ship, undated
• Queen Victoria, Scenes from her Life and Reign, 1901
• Queen's Cup, A Novel, 1897
• Ranche in the Valley, 1892
• Redskin and Cowboy, A Tale of the Western Plains, 1892
• Roving Commission, Through the Black Insurrection of Hayti, 1900
• Rujub, the Juggler, 1893
• Search for a Secret, 1867
• Sovereign Reader, Scenes from the Life and Reign of Queen Victoria, 1887
• Saint Bartholomew's Eve, A Tale of the Huguenot Wars, 1894
• St.George For England, A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers, 1885
• Sturdy and Strong, How George Andrews Made His Way, 1888
• Those Other Animals, (1891)
• Through Russian Snows, A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow, 1896
• Through the Fray, A Tale of the Luddite Riots, 1886
• Through the Sikh War, A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjab, 1894
• Through Three Campaigns, A Story of Chitral, Tirah, and Ashantee, 1904
• Tiger of Mysore, A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib, 1896
• To Herat and Cabul, A Story of the First Afghan War, 1902
• Treasure of the Incas, A Tale of Adventure in Peru, 1903
• True to the Old Flag, A Tale of the American War of Independence, 1885
• Under Drake's Flag, A Tale of the Spanish Main, 1883
• Under Wellington's Command, A Tale of the Peninsular War, 1899
• When London Burned, A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire, 1895
• Winning His Spurs, A Tale of the Crusades, 1882

aka Boy Knight

• With Buller in Natal, A Born Leader, 1901
• With Clive in India, The Beginnings of an Empire, 1884
• With Cochrane the Dauntless, A Tale of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane, 1897
• With Frederick The Great, A Tale of the Seven Years War, 1898
• With Kitchener in the Soudan, A Story of Atbara and Omdurman, 1903
• With Lee in Virginia, A Story of the American Civil War, 1890
• With Moore at Corunna, 1898
• With Roberts to Pretoria, A Tale of the South African War, 1902
• With the Allies to Pekin, A Story of the Relief of the Legations, 1904
• With the British Legion, A Story of the Carlist Wars, 1903
• With Wolfe in Canada, The Winning of a Continent, 1887
• Woman of the Commune, A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris, 1895

aka Cuthbert Hartington

aka A Girl of the Commune

aka Two Sieges

aka Two Sieges of Paris

• Won by the Sword, A Story of the Thirty Years War, 1900
• Wulf The Saxon, A Story of the Norman Conquest, 1895
• Young Buglers, A Tale of the Peninsular War, 1880
• Young Carthaginian, A Story of the Times of Hannibal, 1887
• Young Colonists, A Tale of the Zulu and Boer Wars, 1885
• Young Franco-Tireurs and Their Adventure in the Franco-Prussian War, 1872
• Young Midshipman, (American title of 'A Chapter of Adventures') undated

External link

• Works by G. A. Henty at Project Gutenberg