G. A. Henty — With Clive in India & Under Wellington&Apos;S Command

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1896-1899. Cloth. Two smart volumes from English novelist and war correspondent G. A. Henty, with illustrations and plans. Two volumes. Written by George Alfred Henty, an English novelist and war correspondent best known for his works of adventure fiction and historical fiction. This set contains: With Clive in India, 1896. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and ten plates. Collated complete. A historical novel that revolves around Charlie Marryat, a young lad who is sent to India to work as a writer for the East India Company. Set during a turbulent time in the mid-eighteenth century when British influence began to expand in India. Under Wellington's Command, 1899. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A historical novel set during the Peninsular War up to the battle of Salamanca. The Peninsular was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsular by Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom against invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. Dated from the British Library. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and board edges. Front hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and light age toning to the extremities. Part of the front free endpaper of With Clive in India has been neatly cut away. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .