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12 plates including frontispiece. 8 maps. ; 20 cm. Decorative cloth with gilt titles to the spine. George Alfred Henty (December 8, 1832 - November 16, 1902) , was a British novelist. He studied at Westminster School and at Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge, where he was an avid sportsman. Along with his brother he volunteered for duty in the Crimean War as part of the Hospital Commisariat. Later he became a Special Correspondent for the London Standard and witnessed the revolt of Giuseppe Garibaldi in Italy, the Franco-Prussian War, the civil war in Spain and the opening of the Suez Canal. He travelled in Africa, India and California. Henty's storytelling skills allegedly grew out of tales told after dinner to his own children. He wrote 122 books, not counting short stories for magazines. His fiction typically revolved around a fictional boy (or boys) living in "troubled times". These ranged from Punic War to the more recent conflicts such as Napoleonic Wars or American Civil War. The protagonists were uniformly intelligent, courageous and devoted without reserve to their country or cause. They also hold on steadily to Christian values (where applicable). ; 384 pages

Seven  Years'  War