The Young Carthaginian by G. A. Henty
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Title:
The Young Carthaginian
Author:
G. A. Henty
Category:
General Novel
ISBN:
9781455368556
Publisher:
PublishDrive Inc (Seltzer Books)
File Size:
0.71 MB
(price excluding 0% GST)
Synopsis
Historical novel, set during the Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome. The Preface begins: When I was a boy at school, if I remember rightly, our sympathies were generally with the Carthaginians as against the Romans. Why they were so, except that one generally sympathizes with the unfortunate, I do not quite know; certainly we had but a hazy idea as to the merits of the struggle and knew but little of its events, for the Latin and Greek authors, which serve as the ordinary textbooks in schools, do not treat of the Punic wars. That it was a struggle for empire at first, and latterly one for existence
on the part of Carthage, that Hannibal was a great and skilful general, that he defeated the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannae, and all but took Rome, and that the Romans behaved with bad faith and great cruelty at the capture of Carthage,
represents, I think, pretty nearly the sum total of our knowledge. According to Wikipedia: George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 - 16 November 1902), referred to as G. A. Henty, was a prolific English novelist, special correspondent, and Imperialist born in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, England. 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), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).
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