- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Dodo Press (November 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1406562432
- ISBN-13: 978-1406562439
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 472 g
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George Alfred Henty (1832-1902), referred to as G. A. Henty, was a prolific English novelist, special correspondent, and Imperialist born in Trumpington, 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). He attended Westminster School, London and later Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was a keen sportsman. Henty once related in an interview how his storytelling skills grew out of tales told after dinner to his children. He wrote his first children's book, Out on the Pampas in 1868, naming the book's main characters after his children. While most of the 122 books he wrote were for children, he also wrote adult novels, non-fiction such as The March to Magdala (1868) and Those Other Animals (1891), short stories for the likes of The Boy's Own Paper and edited the Union Jack, a weekly boys magazine.
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very refreshing to read. Classic style writing, adventure., April 16 2012
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Good description of surroundings for visualization to set yourself within the story. It flows at first then slows down, or gets bogged down, then the pace picks back up... Has that classic puzzle to be solved to find the treasure.. Not a complicated plot, even the puzzle not that complicated. Very pleasant, great for reading for that hour or so to wind down your day!!!
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Fun Read, April 10 2012
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You never know what you're going to end up with when you pick up a free book, and there are a lot of stinkers out there, but this is definitely well worth reading. It's an adventure story about two young men, one in his early twenties, the other about sixteen, who embark on an adventure to Peru in search of ancient treasure so the elder brother can marry. Harry and his younger brother Bertie join up with a local guide, Dias, his wife, and their nephew. Managing to escape political upheavals, they are attacked by robbers, struggle through the back country of Peru in search of lost Incan gold.I suspect you could probably classify this as a 'young adult" novel because the plot is uncomplicated, but it is still a fun book to read and I highly recommend it.
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Treasure Hunting, Mar 17 2012
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Interesting and tells the story of what might have happened to the Inca Gold that treasure hunters still believe is hidden. Exciting due to the constantly changing story line, that although changing, still followed the starting plot.
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