Books with author Gordon Browne

In following the hero of this story through the last Afghan war, youwill be improving your acquaintance with a country which is of supremeimportance to the British Empire and, at the same time, be able to tracethe operations by which Lord Roberts made his great reputation as ageneral, and a leader of men. Afghanistan stands as a line between thetwo great empires of England and Russia; and is likely, sooner or later,to become the scene of a tremendous struggle between these nations.Happily, at the present time the Afghans are on our side. It is truethat we have warred with, and beaten them; but our retirement, aftervictory, has at least shown them that we have no desire to take theircountry while, on the other hand, they know that for those races uponwhom Russia has once laid her hand there is no escape.In these pages you will see the strength and the weakness of these wildpeople of the mountains; their strength lying in their personal bravery,their determination to preserve their freedom at all costs, and thenature of their country. Their weakness consists in their want oforganization, their tribal jealousies, and their impatience of regularhabits and of the restraint necessary to render them good soldiers.But, when led and organized by English officers, there are no bettersoldiers in the world; as is proved by the splendid services which havebeen rendered by the frontier force, which is composed almost entirelyof Afghan tribesmen.Their history shows that defeat has little moral effect upon them.Crushed one day, they will rise again the next; scattered it wouldseem hopelessly they are ready to reassemble, and renew the conflict,at the first summons of their chiefs. Guided by British advice, led byBritish officers and, it may be, paid by British gold, Afghanistan islikely to prove an invaluable ally to us, when the day comes that Russiabelieves herself strong enough to move forward towards the goal of allher hopes and ef forts, for the last fifty years the conquest ofIndia.G. A. Henty

The Irish Confederacy's taking of Limerick was made far easier than subsequent attempts by the fact that they had the support of most of the city's population. About 600 English Protestant settlers had fled to the city to escape the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and had fortified themselves in King John's Castle in the centre of Limerick. The city was predominantly Catholic and appealed to the new Confederate Catholic government at Kilkenny to capture this Protestant citadel. ... George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902) was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent.He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).Biography--G. A. Henty was born in Trumpington, near Cambridge. He was a sickly child who had to spend long periods in bed. During his frequent illnesses he became an avid reader and developed a wide range of interests which he carried into adulthood. He attended Westminster School, London, and later Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,where he was a keen sportsman. He left the university early without completing his degree to volunteer for the Army Hospital Commissariat when the Crimean War began. He was sent to the Crimea and while there he witnessed the appalling conditions under which the British soldier had to fight. His letters home were filled with vivid descriptions of what he saw. His father was impressed by his letters and sent them to The Morning Advertiser newspaper which printed them. This initial writing success was a factor in Henty's later decision to accept the offer to become a special correspondent, the early name for journalists now better known as war correspondents..... Gordon Frederick Browne (15 April 1858 – 27 May 1932) was an English artist and children's book illustrator in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He was born in Banstead, the younger son of notable book illustrator Hablot Knight Browne (who as "Phiz" illustrated books by Charles Dickens). He studied art at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and South Kensington Schools and started to receive professional commissions while still at college. From the 1880s, Browne was one of Britain's most prolific illustrators, his work appearing in newspapers, magazines and many books by children's authors including Frederic William Farrar, G.A. Henty, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Andrew Lang, Talbot Baines Reed, L. T. Meade, Catherine Christian and E. Nesbit. Browne worked in watercolour and pen and ink. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) and the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA). He died in Richmond, London in 1932.

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