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During the 70 years of the Victorian era, the British Empire nearly quadrupled its territory, exploring the interior of Africa and Pacific islands and colonizing Asian nations one after another. Against this backdrop, British people held an unprecedented strong interest in the world. The blossoming of adventure stories that responded to boys' longings for and interest in the unknown was inextricably linked to the extension of the British government's imperialist policy that bolstered hope and confidence in Great Britain as an invincible state<ref>[http://www.kodomo.go.jp/ingram/e/section4/index.html Birth of Adventure Novels] from “Chilldren’s Books in The Victorian Era from the Winnington-Ingram Collection”</ref>
During the 70 years of the Victorian era, the British Empire nearly quadrupled its territory, exploring the interior of Africa and Pacific islands and colonizing Asian nations one after another. Against this backdrop, British people held an unprecedented strong interest in the world. The blossoming of adventure stories that responded to boys' longings for and interest in the unknown was inextricably linked to the extension of the British government's imperialist policy that bolstered hope and confidence in Great Britain as an invincible state<ref>[http://www.kodomo.go.jp/ingram/e/section4/index.html Birth of Adventure Novels] from “Chilldren’s Books in The Victorian Era from the Winnington-Ingram Collection”</ref>


This category of literature continued to be popular through the Edwardian and later years.
This category of literature continued to be popular through the Edwardian and later years.


This article is generally in respect of adventure stories for younger readers, written by authors such as  George Manville Fenn,  G A Henty, Herbert Strong and  Percy F. Westerman.  
This article is generally in respect of adventure stories for younger readers, written by authors such as  George Manville Fenn,  G A Henty, Herbert Strang and  Percy F. Westerman.  


==Also see==
==Also see==
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*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011124520 ''On the Irrawaddy : a Story of the First Burmese War''] by G A Henty 1897 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011124520 ''On the Irrawaddy : a Story of the First Burmese War''] by G A Henty 1897 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/on_irrawaddy_1008_mh_librivox Librivox Audio version] Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/on_irrawaddy_1008_mh_librivox Librivox Audio version] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924006027209 ''Marching to Ava : a Story of the First Burmese War''] by Henry Charles Moore, catalogued 1904. Archive.org
=====2nd Sikh War=====
=====2nd Sikh War=====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/throughsikhwarta00hentiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Through the Sikh war: a tale of the conquest of the Punjaub''] by G. A. Henty 1902, first published 1893 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/throughsikhwarta00hentiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Through the Sikh war: a tale of the conquest of the Punjaub''] by G. A. Henty 1902, first published 1893 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
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:[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39801 ''Fighting with French: A Tale of the New Army''] 1915.  
:[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39801 ''Fighting with French: A Tale of the New Army''] 1915.  
:[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41737 ''Burton of the Flying Corps''].  1916
:[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41737 ''Burton of the Flying Corps''].  1916
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36500 ''The Dispatch-Riders: The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War''] By Percy F Westerman  1915 Gutenberg.org
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36500 ''The Dispatch-Riders: The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War''] by Percy F Westerman  1915 Gutenberg.org
:Percy F Westerman wrote many books with a WW1 background, available at [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=+Percy+F+Westerman Gutenberg.org]
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.241464 ''Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter''] by Captain W E Johns 1954. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.  Contains thirteen short stories, eleven of which were originally published in ''The Camels Are Coming'' (1932) and two of which  were originally published in ''Biggles Of The Camel Squadron'' (1934), originally written for older adolescents.  Note however Wikipedia states “The early First World War books were reprinted in the 1950s, when the Biggles books had acquired a younger readership and were bowdlerised''.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.241464 ''Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter''] by Captain W E Johns 1954. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.  Contains thirteen short stories, eleven of which were originally published in ''The Camels Are Coming'' (1932) and two of which  were originally published in ''Biggles Of The Camel Squadron'' (1934), originally written for older adolescents.  Note however Wikipedia states “The early First World War books were reprinted in the 1950s, when the Biggles books had acquired a younger readership and were bowdlerised''.
*Gallipoli
*Gallipoli
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**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26642  ''Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force''] by  Percy F.  Westerman.  Illustrator Ernest Prater. 1918 gutenberg.org. [https://archive.org/details/wilmshurstofthef26642gut  Archive.org version]
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26642  ''Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force''] by  Percy F.  Westerman.  Illustrator Ernest Prater. 1918 gutenberg.org. [https://archive.org/details/wilmshurstofthef26642gut  Archive.org version]
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39912 ''Tom Willoughby's Scouts: A Story of the War in German East Africa''] by Herbert Strang. Illustrator Wal Paget. 1919 gutenberg.org.
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39912 ''Tom Willoughby's Scouts: A Story of the War in German East Africa''] by Herbert Strang. Illustrator Wal Paget. 1919 gutenberg.org.
*Mesopotamia
**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924013590975 ''On the Road to Bagdad; a Story of Townshend's Gallant Advance on the Tigris''] by Lieut-Col Brereton 1917. Archive.org. An adventure story.
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38714 ''Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad''] by Herbert Strang 1917 gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.


==== General====
==== General====
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*[https://archive.org/details/bearsdacoitsothe00hentiala  ''Bears and Dacoits  and Other Stories''] by G A Henty c 1901. Archive.org. Includes "Bears and Dacoits. A Tale of the Ghauts".   
*[https://archive.org/details/bearsdacoitsothe00hentiala  ''Bears and Dacoits  and Other Stories''] by G A Henty c 1901. Archive.org. Includes "Bears and Dacoits. A Tale of the Ghauts".   
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42417 ''The Air Patrol: A Story of the North-West Frontier''] by  Herbert Strang 1913.  Gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42417 ''The Air Patrol: A Story of the North-West Frontier''] by  Herbert Strang 1913.  Gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40751 ''The Old Man of the Mountain''] by Herbert Strang 1916 Gutenberg.org.  Partially set in Assam. An adventure story for younger readers.
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Revision as of 02:44, 13 January 2018

During the 70 years of the Victorian era, the British Empire nearly quadrupled its territory, exploring the interior of Africa and Pacific islands and colonizing Asian nations one after another. Against this backdrop, British people held an unprecedented strong interest in the world. The blossoming of adventure stories that responded to boys' longings for and interest in the unknown was inextricably linked to the extension of the British government's imperialist policy that bolstered hope and confidence in Great Britain as an invincible state[1]

This category of literature continued to be popular through the Edwardian and later years.

This article is generally in respect of adventure stories for younger readers, written by authors such as George Manville Fenn, G A Henty, Herbert Strang and Percy F. Westerman.

Also see

External links

Historical books online

Military Campaigns

Arranged according to the dates of the campaigns.

3rd Carnatic War
2nd Maratha War
1st Burma War
Librivox Audio version Archive.org
2nd Sikh War
Indian Mutiny
The Great White Hand or, The Tiger of Cawnpore: a Story of the Indian Mutiny by J E Muddock 1896 Archive.org

For younger readers

Gil the Gunner; or The Youngest Officer in the East by George Manville Fenn 1892 Archive.org. A boys’ adventure story about a young officer in the Bengal Horse Artillery.
2nd Burma War
Chitral and Tirah Campaigns
3rd China War
First World War
  • Western Front adventure stories for younger readers by Herbert Strang. gutenberg.org..
A Hero of Liége: A Story of the Great War 1914.
Fighting with French: A Tale of the New Army 1915.
Burton of the Flying Corps. 1916
Percy F Westerman wrote many books with a WW1 background, available at Gutenberg.org

General

Arranged by date of publication

References

  1. Birth of Adventure Novels from “Chilldren’s Books in The Victorian Era from the Winnington-Ingram Collection”