A large party were assembled in the drawing room of Greendale, Sir John Greendale's picturesque old mansion house. It was early in September. The men had returned from shooting, and the guests were gathered in the drawing room; in the pleasant half hour of dusk when the lamps have not yet been lighted, though it is already too dark to read. The conversation was general, and from the latest news from India had drifted into the subject of the Italian belief in the Mal Occhio. "Do you believe in it, Captain Mallett?" asked Bertha, Sir John's only child, a girl of sixteen; who was nestled in an...

A large party were assembled in the drawing room of Greendale, Sir John Greendale's picturesque old mansion house. It was early in September. The men had returned from shooting, and the guests were gathered in the drawing room; in the pleasant half hour of dusk when the lamps have not yet been lighted, though it is already too dark to read. The conversation was general, and from the latest news from India had drifted into the subject of the Italian belief in the Mal Occhio. "Do you believe in it, Captain Mallett?" asked Bertha, Sir John's only child, a girl of sixteen; who was nestled in an...

Return to the tumultuous days of the French Revolution with this captivating tale of adventure and courage. Join Harry Sandwith, a young Englishman, as he accepts a job as a companion to the sons of a French marquis. Follow Harry and his aristocratic friends as they're swept from their idyllic life at a country estate to the riotous streets of Paris and the very gates of the Bastille. Can Harry rescue the marquis' family from imprisonment and certain death at the hands of the merciless mob?
Author George Alfred Henty specialized in creating novels for young readers that blend authentic...

I have been requested to write some papers on our Lord's miracles. I venture the attempt in the belief that, seeing they are one of the modes in which his unseen life found expression, we are bound through them to arrive at some knowledge of that life. For he has come, The Word of God, that we may know God: every word of his then, as needful to the knowing of himself, is needful to the knowing of God, and we must understand, as far as we may, every one of his words and every one of his actions, which, with him, were only another form of word. I believe this the immediate end of our creation....

G A Henty was a 19th century novelist, special correspondent and Imperialist. His best-known works are historical adventures. In The Tiger of Mysore Dick Holland goes to India to help his father escape Tippoo Saib. Dick joins Lord Cornwallis's army and takes part in the battle against Tippoo. Dick then assumes a disguise, enters Seringapatam, the capital of Mysore, and rescues Tippoo's harem from a tiger. Because of his bravery he is given an official position and is able to travel the area looking for his father. A dangerous rescue is attempted and Dick succeeds in saving his father.

G. A. Henty was a 19th century novelist, special correspondent and Imperialist. His best-known works are historical adventures. In By Right of Conquest the adventures of an English boy are set during the conquest of Mexico. Our hero adventures through many perils with the help of the Spaniards who have befriended him. By the end of the conquest our hero returns to his country with a beautiful Aztec bride and a fortune.