Books with title With Clive in India

After his father’s death, Charlie Marryat, along with his friend Peters, joins the East India Company as a clerk and travels to Madras, India. There, they meet Robert Clive, an ambitious young man who had successfully quelled many a mutiny and gone from being a clerk to an able military leader. Bored of their mundane work, Charlie and Peters decide to enlist under Clive as private soldiers in the fight against the Dutch and the French. Their lives take a complete turn as they participate in several exciting battles and form lasting bonds with their fellow soldiers. But does Clive manage to defeat the determined French? And how does Charlie deal with the various dangers in India, including pirates, tigers and the Black Hole of Calcutta, not to mention the epic Battle of Plassey?

Robert Clive, also known as Clive of India, was the military leader who established the military supremacy and political capabilities of the East India Trade company in Bengal during the 18th century. With Clive in India is one of G.A. Henty's more descriptive and powerful works of historical fiction, that describes the military ventures, battles and intrigues that have helped Clive reach his status as a leader in India. G.A. Henty has written numerous similar works associated with significant historical events, and With Clive in India is yet another one of his exceptional gems. The story follows the life and adventures of Charlie Marryat - a fatherless young man sent into the service of the East India Trading Company as a soldier. We are acquainted with Charlie as a young boy, and we witness his growth and progress to the hardened soldier who never seems to make any mistakes. If you're a fan of historical fiction and interested in the description of genuine military strategies and battles from the 18th century, this is definitely the book for you. While Henty focuses less on character development and more on the actual plot, the action and exciting narrative will keep your attention throughout the story and help you immerse yourself into India's troubled past. Henty manages to blend history and fictional accounts in the most seamless ways, and the book contains inspiring descriptions, interesting mentions from actual historical facts and key plot elements designed to capture the reader's attention. The book does an excellent job of that even in the 21st century, when the style may look dated to some, but is actually presented at a good enough pace to ensure that there is never a dull moment.

Unedited, unabridged, original format editions with original colored cover art, these Henty books reproduce the original in careful detail. The period between the landing of Clive in India and the close of his career was eventful in the extreme. At its commencement the English were traders existing on sufferance of the native princes; at its close they were masters of Bengal and of the greater part of Southern India. The author has given a full account of the events of that stirring time, while he combines with his narrative a thrilling tale of daring and adventure.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

In the following pages I have endeavoured to give a vivid picture of the wonderful events of the ten years, which at their commencement saw Madras in the hands of the French--Calcutta at the mercy of the Nabob of Bengal--and English influence apparently at the point of extinction in India--and which ended in the final triumph of the English, both in Bengal and Madras. There were yet great battles to be fought, great efforts to be made, before the vast Empire of India fell altogether into British hands; but these were but the sequel of the events I have described. The historical details are, throughout the story, strictly accurate, and for them I am indebted to the history of these events written by Mr. Orme, who lived at that time, to the "Life of Lord Clive," recently published by Lieutenant Colonel Malleson, and to other standard authorities. In this book I have devoted a somewhat smaller space to the personal adventures of my hero than in my other historical tales, but the events themselves were of such a thrilling and exciting nature that no fiction could surpass them.

Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB MP FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown. Together with Warren Hastings he was one of the key early figures in the creation of British India. He also sat as a Tory Member of Parliament in England. George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), Wulf the Saxon (1895) and this novel - With Clive in India (1884).