Henty: 420 books

THE people of the little fishing village of Seaport were agreed on one subject, however much they might differ on others, namely, that Mr. Beveridge was “a wonderful learned man.” In this respect they were proud of him: learned men came to visit him, and his name was widely known as the author of...

In all the pages of history there is no record of a struggle so unequal, so obstinately maintained, and so long contested as that by which the men of Holland and Zeeland won their right to worship God in their own way, and also -- although this was but a secondary consideration with them -- shook off the yoke of Spain and achieved their independence.

After spending time at a number of schools around Europe for several years, teenage brothers Percy and Ralph Barclay have settled down in France with their family. But when the Franco-Prussian War breaks out, the Barclay family's hard-won stability is shattered, and the brave brothers join the war effort as spies.

A FIGHT WITH A BLOODHOUND Now, look here, Nathaniel—" "Drop that, Curtis, you know very well that I won't have it. I can't help having such a beast of a name, and why it was given me I have never been able to make out, and if I had been consulted in the matter all the godfathers and godmothers...

A Lost Father. "There is no saying, lad, no saying at all. All I know is that your father, the captain, was washed ashore at the same time as I was. As you have heard me say, I owed my life to him. I was pretty nigh gone when I caught sight of him, holding on to a spar. Spent as I was, I managed to give...

When his family's fortunes hit a rough patch, young Tom Wade takes matters into his own hands, leaving his native England and traveling to the Western U.S. to hunt for gold alongside his uncle. Along the way, the courageous duo encounters hostile natives, hungry animals, and a plethora of other dangers.

Frank Hargate is not your average teenage boy. He's a dedicated amateur scientist whose evenhanded demeanor often comes in handy, such as in the case when he is able to avert a tragedy by saving several classmates from drowning. Based on his valor, he is selected to serve as an assistant to a well-known naturalist on a two-year expedition into the heart of Africa.

"Through the Fray, A Tale of the Luddite Riots" describes the events that occurred during the early years of industrialization in England. During that time many workers were no longer needed, and work was shifted from the home to the factories. This resulted in widespread dissatisfaction....

As the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth century, a series of deadly rebellions flared up in the British imperial holdings in Africa. In With Buller in Natal, a scrappy young soldier named Chris King fights alongside the famed General Redvers Buller.

In 1705, only a few years after being released from the Tower of London, where he was imprisoned for his involvement in a political scandal, Charles Mordaunt, the 3rd Earl of Peterborough, came back into the favor of the court and was appointed as the leader of a large regiment of Dutch and English...