G. A. Henty

In a time of chaos and Viking onslaught, Alfred the untested Saxon king must fight to save his ravished land...

The sacred cat of Bubastes has accidentally been slain...

In this stirring tale of the last days of the Temple at Jerusalem, robber bands and political infighting set the stage for the Roman destruction of the city in 70 A.D....

G. A. Henty has woven an exciting adventure tale that will keep listeners on the edge of their seats....

Of The Lion of St. Mark, G.A. Henty wrote: "I have laid my story in the time not of the triumphs of Venice but of her hardest struggle for existence....

When 16-year-old Angus Campbell finds himself orphaned and his life at risk, he leaves Tabriz and makes his way to Teheran to seek employment with the British ambassador there....

Harry Sandwith, a Westminster boy, becomes a resident at the chateau of a French marquis....

The Saxons and Vikings fought many fierce battles in Britain in the eighth and ninth centuries. During the struggle, 23-year-old Alfred ascended the throne and temporarily beat back the pagan hordes and concluded a peace treaty. Following another war in 878....

Owen Glendower, angered by the usurpation of the English throne by Henry IV, carried fire and slaughter to the Welsh counties, capturing most of the strong places held by the English and foiling three invasions led by the king himself....