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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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Rujub, the Juggler, is mainly an historical tale for young and old, dealing with the Sepoy Mutiny, in India, during the years 1857 to 1859. ... Read more

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The din of battle was prodigious, for the rattle of musketry was echoed and re-echoed from the rocks. The progress of the skirmishers could only be noted by the light smoke rising through the foliage and by the shouts of the soldiers, which were echoed by the still louder ones of the French, gathered strongly on the hill above them. As the British made their way up, Laborde, who was still anxiously looking for the expected coming of Loison, withdrew a portion of his troops from the left and strengthened his right, in order to hold on as long as possible on the side from which aid was expected. The ardour of the British to get to close quarters favoured this movement. ... Read more

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My series of stories dealing with the wars of England would be altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans were the masters of the country. The valour with which the natives of this island defended themselves was acknowledged by the Roman historians, and it was only the superior discipline of the invaders that enabled them finally to triumph over the bravery and the superior physical strength of the Britons. ... Read more

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Beric the Briton, G. A. Henty published by BookSurge
The book is great.Do not buy the edition from Amazon that I bought (cover has half a blue oval on it) because it only has half the pages.Find a different edition somewhere else!

Even with half the pages, the story is terrifec. Amazon doesn't seem able to police their fulfillment system. My replacement copy had the same defect,even though I requested that the shipping department check before sending it.A book with 520 pages can't be less than an inch thick.

Great book but...
Book is great - how can you go wrong with a Henty.Don't buy from this publisher though.The book was printed only with every other page.Replacement book had same problem.Amazon couldn't find any book printed correctly

Beric the Briton
There is a printing error with this book.Both copies of the book sent to me were missing every other page.I know this is a re-issue of an older book, but can't believe the publishers missed such an error.

Missing pages
How frustrating can it get when pages (I mean 217 pages) are missing from a book.I should have known something was amiss since the book was so small.Unfortunately I did not double check before I handed it over to my grandson to read.He tried to be polite but I'm glad he told me about the problem.I returned the book to amazon for full refund.No problem there.Needless to say I will double check every book in the future and refrain from ordering any from this particular publisher.Sloppy job folks!

AWESOME!!!!
This is an excellent book, one of the best I have ever read.All of G.A.Henty's books are great, but not for someone who has trouble with reading or comprehension, because these books use old english, being written over 100 years ago.I am a great fan of Henty's books, and this on is no exception! ... Read more

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Very bright and pretty, in the early springtime of the year 1857, were the British cantonments of Sandynugghur. As in all other British garrisons in India, they stood quite apart from the town, forming a suburb of their own. They consisted of the barracks, and of a maidan, or, as in England it would be called, a common, on which the troops drilled and exercised, and round which stood the bungalows of the military and civil officers of the station, of the chaplain, and of the one or two merchants who completed the white population of the place. ... Read more

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This volume of short stories contains five of G.A. Henty's classic tales: "Bears snd Dacoits," "The Paternosters," "A Pipe of Mystery," "White-Faced Dick," and "A Brush with the Chinese."

"Mr. Henty is one of the best of story tellers for young people."-Spectator

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A cracking good read
George Alfred Henty (1832-1902) is largely forgotten today, but prior to World War II he had many young fans of his adventure books. Muscular fiction at its exciting best, Henty's stories follow a brave and upright young man through a series of adventures during great historical happenings (usually great happenings of British history). This book is a collection of five of Henty's short stories, ranging the world from India to China to the wilds of the California Gold Rush. Exciting stories from another era, this book is a cracking good read. I highly recommend it to you!

In case you are interested, the five stories are:

Bears and Dacoits - When his young niece disparages the size of the bears of India, Colonel Hastings spins out a tale of one of his hunting expeditions. It seems that not only are the bears dangerous, but so are the brigands who haunt the same hills.

The Paternosters - Young Tom Virtue is proud of his yacht, and when a storm begins to brew, he puts his passengers aboard a steamer and sets out to weather the storm at sea. But, there is an adventure heading towards all of them.

A Pipe of Mystery - When the children ask the old Colonel for a ghost story, he instead tells them a story of second sight. It seems that in rescuing a fakir, the Colonel was given a view of the future, one of mutinying sepoys...

White-Faced Dick - It's 1849, and the Gold Rush is on. But among all of the tough and pitiless man there walks a boy with a heart of gold, White-faced Dick.

A Brush With The Chinese - With Britain at War with the Chinese, H.M.S Perseus is looking for pirates. When chance for action comes, Percy Adcock, the youngest of the lads on the ship, stows aboard a rowboat, so he can have a part in the excitement. However, before he knows it, Percy finds himself experiencing more excitement than he ever wanted.
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It was easy enough. After what we had heard of these brigands I made up my mind that I would not unsaddle the mules, nor take the packs off the two loaded ones. The burdens were not heavy, for we have little but our bedding and the tents left, and I thought they might as well stay where they were, and in the morning we could shift them on to the others. I told Jose to watch about half the night; but I was standing talking to him, and smoking my last cigarette, when he said suddenly, 'I can hear a noise at the other end of the village.' ... Read more

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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, all this is changed. As they take their places at their desks and open their books, a dull, heavy feeling takes possession of the boys, and the full consciousness that they are at the beginning of another half year's work weighs heavily on their minds. It is true enough that the half year will have its play, too, its matches, with their rivalry and excitement. But at present it is the long routine of lessons which is most prominent in the minds of the lads who are sitting on the long benches of the King's School, Canterbury. ... Read more

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The boys were in the highest spirits at being at last really out upon the pampas, and as day fairly broke they had a hearty laugh at the appearance of their cavalcade. There was no road or track of any kind, and consequently, instead of following in a file, as they would have done in any other country, the party straggled along in a confused body. First came the animals--the sheep, bullocks, and cows. Behind these rode Lopez, in, his gaucho dress, and a long whip in his hand, which he cracked from time to time, with a report like that of a pistol--not that there was any difficulty in driving the animals at a pace sufficient to keep well ahead of the bullock carts, for the sheep of the pampas are very much more active beasts than their English relations. ... Read more

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The next day, the bulk of Beresford's army returned to the neighborhood of Badajos, which they again invested, while a long convoy of wounded started for Lisbon. The Scudamores accompanied it as far as Campo Major, where a large hospital had been prepared for those too ill to bear the journey. Peter was still unconscious. Fever had set in upon the day after the battle, and for three weeks he lay between life and death. ... Read more

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I should certainly think that he would know it, sir. The bedroom was the same that my grandfather used to sleep in, and probably during the years before we came here young Bastow would have often been over the house. The first year or two after we came he was often up here with his father, but I know that my father took such an objection to him, his manner and language were so offensive, that he would not have me, boy as I was--I was only about eleven when he came here--associate with him in the smallest degree. But during those two years he may very well have noticed where the ladder was. ... Read more

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I trust not, my son; but I fear that it will be long before we shake off the English yoke. Our nobles are for the most part of Norman blood; very many are barons of England; and so great are the jealousies among them that no general effort against England will be possible. No, if Scotland is ever to be freed, it will be by a mighty rising of the common people, and even then the struggle between the commons of Scotland and the whole force of England aided by the feudal power of all the great Scotch nobles, would be well nigh hopeless. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (13)

Henty weaves a brilliant story
Liberty or death. This was the choice the people of Scotland in the 13th century faced if they rose up against their English ruler. Most would say it was no choice at all. Many of the Scottish nobles were English supporters. Few could be expected to rise up against the numerically overwhelming English army. The hero of the story, Archibald Forbes, joins the struggle for Scottish freedom led by the valiant Sir William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. The extraordinary valor and personal prowess of these men rival the deeds of the mythical heroes of chivalry.

In Freedoms Cause
I highly reccommend G.A. Henty's In Freedom's causeto anyone age 10 and up who likes to read historical fiction. William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, and a ficticious charactor, Archibald Forbes, take the leading roles in fighting battles to stop the powerful English from taking over Scotland. This book is very closely based on factual hiistorical events. When England is very close to taking over scotland, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce fight overwhelming odds to get back their homeland.

Best story of Wallace
I highly recommend this book to any lovers of historical adventure stories. The story is fast paced and carries you along with Archie in his adventures. Have a good map of Scotland and England handy to look up places as you read. Great way to learn history and geography!
Becky Maxwell

Great Historical Fiction and Adventure
Freedom's Cause has a brilliant plot and a fictional character as the protaganist.He starts off as a teen and then grows up through the time of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce.The fictional protagonist interacts with historical characters from that period of Scottish History. The story is full of adventure, friendship, loyalty, honor, heroics, and history. Good values are presented. This book is great for anyone looking for something on Scottish history and which also is an outstanding novel.

This book is as excellent or better then any Nigel Tranter book I have read, like The Wallace and The Bruce Trilogy.

The accuracy of the historical period is superb and I have read much on this area of Scottish history.The persons discussed, the geography talked about, and the timeline presented is very accurate.

I highly recommend this and can't wait to read another Henty.

Learned more reading this than a history textbook
This book is one of the most fascinating and interesting to readerswho care about the past. For people who do not like history or to learn about the exciting feats accomplished by our predeseccors, I do not reccomend this book.
The story is about young Archie Forbes, a young man destined to be cheif of his clan. His father was killed when Archie was just a boy and his lands taken away by the Kerr family, nobles from nearby England. While Archie is determined to reclaim his family's lands he meets William Wallace and helps in the scottish revolution. ... Read more