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Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so       long and successfully sustained a struggle, against enormous odds,       as that of the Seven Years’ War, maintained by Prussia—then a small       and comparatively insignificant kingdom—against Russia,...

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A story of the Kyber Rifles and the Afhan Campaign. A thrilling tale of war and herorism.

Set during the Wars of the Roses, Both Sides of the Border (1899) focuses on young Oswald Forster, son of a Scottish border chieftain and squire to Hotspur, the son of the Earl of Northumberland. With the Welsh aristocrat and strong solder Owen Glendower, Oswald fights to free Wales from powerful English rule. 

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Wulf, the hero of this 1895 historical adventure, is a young warrior in the service of Earl Harold (who becomes King of England).  Fighting at Harold's side in Wales and against invading Norsemen and Normans, Wulf grows to manhood, winning glory and fame for his prowess and nobility.

Cuthbert, a fifteen-year-old English boy who follows King Richard to the Holy Land, finds his wits and his valor tested in the crucible of the Crusades in this fast-moving Robin Hood–style adventure. 

As the Industrial Revolution began to take hold in England and across Europe, a contingent of workers banded together to protest the technological developments that threatened their livelihoods. That's the tumultuous backdrop against which young Yorkshire resident Ned Sankey enters adolescence, dealing with problems at school and family tragedy along the way.

The first day of term cannot be considered a cheerful occasion. As the boys arrive on the previous evening, they have so much to tell each other, are so full of what they have been doing, that the chatter and laughter are as great as upon the night preceding the breaking-up. In the morning, however,...

Following the untimely death of his father, young Ralph Conway becomes the man of the house amidst trying circumstances. Herbert Penfold, a one-time admirer of Ralph's mother, steps in as something of a father figure and forms a close bond with the boy. But when Ralph bravely decides to join the British effort to push back Napoleon Bonaparte, his family's future is threatened.

An Indian ghost story: "I landed in India in '50, and after going through the regular drill work marched with a detachment up country to join my regiment, which was stationed at Jubbalpore, in the very heart of India. It has become an important place since; the railroad across India passes through...

Accused of a foul crime, Ronald Mervyn flees Devonshire for South Africa with his reputation in tatters. Through a series of coincidences, he helps save a family from imminent disaster. Convinced of Mervyn's innocence and inherent goodness, those he rescues begin to work tirelessly to clear Mervyn's name. Will he ever escape the grip of the curse that has long bedeviled his family?