G A Henty was a 19th century novelist, special correspondent and Imperialist. His best-known works are historical adventures written for young boys. With Lee in Virginia tells the story of a Southern soldier and the slave he helps during the Civil War. The realities of war are not ignored, but are handled in a way suitable for younger readers.

G A Henty was a 19th century novelist, special correspondent and Imperalist. His best-known works are historical adventures. Henty is credited with writing over 80 books for young boys. This story begins in a field near Oxford, England in 1642. Three your people sit around the fire. There are two fifteen year old boys and a ten year old girl. Civil war has broken out. The two friends, like so many friends in the American Civil War, will fight on opposite sides. How will the boy's friendship be tested and can it and they survive in a war torn country?

G A Henty was a 19th century novelist, special correspondent and Imperalist. His best-known works are historical adventures. The Lion of the North is the story of Gustavus Adolphus a Scotsman fighting with the Army of the King of Sweden. The time setting is the first years of the Thirty Years War. .The main conflict in this war was the issue of religious freedom in Germany. When the Emperor of Austria wanted to eliminate Protestant churches from Germany the King of Sweden fought for the people of Germany. Malcolm was a young lad whose intelligence and quick thinking helped him battle the...