G.A. Henty does it again with a fictional yarn of adventure and exploration deeply rooted in history. In The Queen's Cup a young British naval officer sets off for adventure in the West Indies. Along the way a heroine is kidnapped. Will she be rescued? Will our hero survive? Read The Queeen's Cup and find out Alacrity Press is proud to make this G.A. henty classic available to a new generation of readers.
G.A. Henty does it again with a fictional yarn of adventure and exploration deeply rooted in history. In The Queen's Cup a young British naval officer...
Excerpt from Beric the Briton: A Story of the Roman Invasion Would be altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans were masters of the country. The valour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the...
Excerpt from Beric the Briton: A Story of the Roman Invasion Would be altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans were mas...
Excerpt from For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem In all history there is no drama of more terrible interest than that which terminated with the total de struction of Jerusalem. Had the whole Jewish nation joined in the desperate resistance made by a section of it to the overwhelming strength of Rome, the world-would have had no record of truer patriotism than that dis played by this small people in their resistance to the forces of the mistress of the world. Unhappily the re verse of this was the case. Except in the defence of J ota pata and Gamala, it can scarcely be said...
Excerpt from For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem In all history there is no drama of more terrible interest than that which terminated...
The 'ROMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN' tells the story of Beric, the young Briton chieftain of a sub-tribe of the Iceni around Anno Domini 61. As a child he was sent to the Romans as a hostage, and has spent his days among them growing to appreciate their culture and taking copious notes on how to fight them. Beric and his fellow tribesmen bristle under Roman's vicious rule during the reign of the tyrant emperor Nero. When Boadicea, queen of a powerful tribe of Britons, and her daughters were disgraced by the Roman authorities, the Britons join together in an ill-fated revolt. Can the Britons...
The 'ROMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN' tells the story of Beric, the young Briton chieftain of a sub-tribe of the Iceni around Anno Domini 61. As a child he ...
