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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. | ||
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| − | 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. | + | 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, although some books below, by authors such as W J Blackledge, Bernard Cornwell, George MacDonald Fraser, and Allan Mallinson were specifically written for adults. |
==Also see== | ==Also see== | ||
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Arranged according to the dates of the campaigns. | Arranged according to the dates of the campaigns. | ||
=====3rd Carnatic War===== | =====3rd Carnatic War===== | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://archive.org/details/clive-command/page/n7/mode/2up ''In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India''] by Herbert Strang 1906 Archive.org. Also available [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16382 Gutenberg.org]. Also published with the title ''One of Clive's Heroes: A Story of the Fight for India''. |
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| + | =====4th Mysore War===== | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/sharpestiger00bern ''Sharpe's Tiger : Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799''] by Bernard Cornwell 1999. [https://archive.org/details/sharpestigerrich00bern 2nd file] 1999. [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061012693/page/n3 3rd file] 2005. All Archive.org Lending Library. | ||
| + | :Recommended on the [[Fiction and poetry reading list]] | ||
| + | :[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/07/indian-adventure.html Seringapatam 1] and [http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/indis-sharpes-tiger-siege-seringapatam.html Seringapatam 2]. bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com | ||
=====2nd Maratha War===== | =====2nd Maratha War===== | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/atpointofbayonet00hentuoft ''At the Point of the Bayonet, a Tale of the Mahratta War''] by G A Henty 1902 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/atpointofbayonet00hentuoft ''At the Point of the Bayonet, a Tale of the Mahratta War''] by G A Henty 1902 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/sharpestriumphri00corn ''Sharpe's Triumph : Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803''] by Bernard Cornwell 2000. Archive.org Lending Library. | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/sharpesfortressr00corn ''Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur December 1803''] by Bernard Cornwell 2000. Archive.org Lending Library. | ||
| + | : The two ''Sharpe'' books are recommended on the [[Fiction and poetry reading list]] | ||
| + | :[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/07/battle-of-assaye.html Battle of Assaye] bernardcornwellbookgroup. "...background information on places and characters that are key to the context of the novel" | ||
| + | :[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/india-sharpes-fortress.html Siege of Gawilghur] bernardcornwellbookgroup. | ||
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| + | =====3rd Maratha War===== | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/buglesatdawn0000whit/mode/2up ''Bugles at Dawn''] by Charles Whiting 2007, first published 1990. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/honorablecompany00mall ''Honorable Company : a novel of India before the Raj''] by Allan Mallinson 2000. Archive.org Lending Library. The build up to the 3rd Maratha War. Also published in the UK under the title ''The Nizam's Daughters''. | ||
| + | :[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Mallinson Allan Mallinson] Wikipedia. | ||
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=====1st Burma War===== | =====1st Burma War===== | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/youngcadetorhenr00hofl ''The Young Cadet, or, Henry Delamere's Voyage to India : with his travels in Hindostan, and his account of the Burmese War and the wonders of Elora''] by Mrs Hofland, 1831 Archive.org. Note: Missing [https://archive.org/stream/youngcadetorhen00bargoog#page/n221/mode/1up final 2 pages] (from another digital file). | *[https://archive.org/details/youngcadetorhenr00hofl ''The Young Cadet, or, Henry Delamere's Voyage to India : with his travels in Hindostan, and his account of the Burmese War and the wonders of Elora''] by Mrs Hofland, 1831 Archive.org. Note: Missing [https://archive.org/stream/youngcadetorhen00bargoog#page/n221/mode/1up final 2 pages] (from another digital file). | ||
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:[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 | *[https://archive.org/details/cu31924006027209 ''Marching to Ava : a Story of the First Burmese War''] by Henry Charles Moore, catalogued 1904. Archive.org | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/sabresedge00mall/page/n5 ''The Sabre's Edge''] by Allan Mallinson 2004. Archive.org Lending Library. Set in the period of the [[1st Burma War]] and the [[Siege of Bhurtpore 1826|Siege of Bhurtpore]]. | ||
| + | :[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Mallinson Allan Mallinson] Wikipedia. | ||
| + | =====1st Afghan War===== | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/clevelysahibtale00haye ''Clevely Sahib: A Tale of the Khyber Pass''] by Herbert Hayens 1897 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/toheratandcabuls00hentiala/page/n7/mode/2up ''To Herat and Cabul : a Story of the First Afghan War''] by G A Henty (George Alfred) 1901. Archive.org | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/flashman00geor/page/n3 ''Flashman : from the Flashman papers 1839-1842''] by George MacDonald Fraser 1984 edition, first published 1969. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the [[1st Afghan War]]. | ||
| + | :[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers The Flashman Papers] Wikipedia. | ||
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| + | =====1st Sikh War===== | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/flashmanmountain00fras/page/n5 ''Flashman and the Mountain of Light : from the Flashman papers, 1845-46''] by George MacDonald Fraser 1991. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the [[1st Sikh War]]. | ||
| + | :[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers The Flashman Papers] Wikipedia. | ||
=====2nd Sikh War===== | =====2nd Sikh War===== | ||
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| + | =====2nd Burma War===== | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011128265 ''Britons at Bay: the Adventures of Two Midshipmen in the Second Burmese War''] by Henry Charles Moore 1900 Archive.org. | ||
=====Indian Mutiny===== | =====Indian Mutiny===== | ||
| + | *''How to Manage It: a Novel'' by Iltudus Thomas Prichard 1864. [https://archive.org/details/howtomanageitan00pricgoog/page/n6/mode/2up Vol.I], [https://archive.org/details/howtomanageitan02pricgoog/page/n8/mode/2up Vol. II], [https://archive.org/details/howtomanageitan01pricgoog/page/n6/mode/2up Vol.III] Archive.org. | ||
| + | :[http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=241 Iltudus Thomas Prichard] victorianresearch.org. | ||
| + | :He was also the author of the factual account ''The Mutinies in Rajpootana'', see [[Central India Campaign]]. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/00365245.2394.emory.edu ''First Love and Last Love: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by James Grant 1869 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/00365245.2394.emory.edu ''First Love and Last Love: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by James Grant 1869 Archive.org | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/eightdaystaleofi00forr ''Eight Days: a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by R E Forrest, first published 1891. Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/eightdaystaleofi00forr ''Eight Days: a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by R E Forrest, first published 1891. Archive.org | ||
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*[https://archive.org/details/ontorescuetaleof00stabiala ''On to the Rescue : a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by Gordon Stables, Surgeon, Royal Navy. 1894 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/ontorescuetaleof00stabiala ''On to the Rescue : a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by Gordon Stables, Surgeon, Royal Navy. 1894 Archive.org | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/redyearstoryofin00traciala ''The Red Year: a Story of the Indian Mutiny''] by Louis Tracy 1907 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/redyearstoryofin00traciala ''The Red Year: a Story of the Indian Mutiny''] by Louis Tracy 1907 Archive.org | ||
| − | * | + | * ''The Devils Wind'' by Maj. Gen. G.L. Verney 1956. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.449028 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. An account of the actions of the Naval Brigade of H.M.S. Shannon, which participated in the Relief of Lucknow, told through the eyes of a very young sailor. |
| − | ''' | + | *[https://archive.org/details/flashmaningreatg00fras/page/n3 ''Flashman in the Great Game : from the Flashman papers, 1856-1858''] by George MacDonald Fraser 1989. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the Indian Mutiny. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers The Flashman Papers] Wikipedia. |
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/mutinynovel0000rath_d0k4/mode/2up ''The Mutiny : a Novel''] by Julian Rathbone 2008, first published 2007. | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_NoBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Childhood in India; or, English Children in the East by the wife of an officer, late of H.M. service''] 1865 (Google Books) . A Tale for Children "Founded on Fact" based on the experiences of a family in India during the Mutiny of 1857. | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_NoBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Childhood in India; or, English Children in the East by the wife of an officer, late of H.M. service''] 1865 (Google Books) . A Tale for Children "Founded on Fact" based on the experiences of a family in India during the Mutiny of 1857. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/begumbaghtaleofi00fenniala ''Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by George Manville Fenn 1879 Archive.org. George Manville Fenn 1831-1909, was a prolific writer of boys' adventure stories. | *[https://archive.org/details/begumbaghtaleofi00fenniala ''Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by George Manville Fenn 1879 Archive.org. George Manville Fenn 1831-1909, was a prolific writer of boys' adventure stories. | ||
:[https://archive.org/details/GM_Fenn_Gil_the_Gunner ''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]]. | :[https://archive.org/details/GM_Fenn_Gil_the_Gunner ''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]]. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/disputedvctaleof00gibbiala ''The Disputed V.C. : a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by Frederick P Gibbon, c 1894 Archive.org. A boys’ adventure story. | *[https://archive.org/details/disputedvctaleof00gibbiala ''The Disputed V.C. : a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by Frederick P Gibbon, c 1894 Archive.org. A boys’ adventure story. | ||
| − | *[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030736418?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Barclay of the Guides''] by Herbert Strang probably 1908. HathiTrust Digital Library. | + | *[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030736418?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Barclay of the Guides''] by Herbert Strang probably 1908. HathiTrust Digital Library. |
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| − | + | *[https://archive.org/details/roadtokandahar0000wilc/mode/2up ''The Road to Kandahar''] by John Wilcox 2005. Extra wording on cover ''A Simon Fonthill Novel''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. | |
| − | *[https://archive.org/details/ | + | *[https://archive.org/details/redrunshelmand0000merc ''Red runs the Helmand''] by Patrick Mercer 2011. [https://archive.org/details/redrunshelmand0000merc_u1r6/mode/2up 2nd file] 2012 edition. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. |
===== Chitral and Tirah Campaigns===== | ===== Chitral and Tirah Campaigns===== | ||
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=====3rd China War===== | =====3rd China War===== | ||
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| + | *''The War of the Dragon Lady'' by John Wilcox 2012. Extra wording on cover ''A Simon Fonthill Novel''. [https://archive.org/details/warofdragonlady0000wilc_f4q7/mode/2up File 1]. [https://archive.org/details/warofdragonlady0000wilc/mode/2up File 2]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. | ||
=====First World War===== | =====First World War===== | ||
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:[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39150 ''A Hero of Liége: A Story of the Great War''] 1914. | :[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39150 ''A Hero of Liége: A Story of the Great War''] 1914. | ||
:[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. | ||
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*[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] | :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/ | + | *[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22The+boy+allies+%22&sort=titleSorter ''The Boy Allies…''] Multiple titles by two authors, Robert Drake and Clair W Hayes, published from 1915. Archive.org. [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=%22Boy+Allies%22 Multiple titles Gutenberg.org] |
| + | *[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30969 ''The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line, or With the Allies in France''] by Ralph Marlow 1916 Gutenberg.org [https://archive.org/details/thebigfivemotorc30969gut Archive.org version] | ||
| + | *[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44348 ''Dastral of the Flying Corps''] by Rowland Walker. First published 1917. Gutenberg.org. [https://archive.org/details/dastraloftheflyi44348gut Archive.org version] [http://rowlandwalker.yolasite.com About the author]. The author was in the RFC. An adventure story. | ||
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*Gallipoli | *Gallipoli | ||
| − | **[https://archive.org/details/ | + | **"Legion of Lost Souls" by Captain W J Blackledge. “A vivid firsthand story of the tragic and Terrible Campaign at Gallipoli-The Peninsula of Death” From the deeply engraved memory of Digger Craven, Australian Trooper" Appeared in issues of the weekly magazine ''Liberty'' v13 n42 [1936-10-17] onwards. |
| − | + | *:[https://archive.org/details/LibertyV13N4219361017/page/n5 Part 1], part 2 not available online; [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n44_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n53 Part 3], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n45_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n49 Part 4], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n46_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n57 Part 5], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n47_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n37 Part 6], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n48_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n47 Part 7], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n49_McFadden_1936-12-05_Missing_First_Leaf/page/n47 Part 8] | |
| − | **[ | + | *:Likely to be the text, or an abridged version, of ''Peninsula of Death'', as told to W. J. Blackledge by Digger Craven. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1937, which is accordingly also classified as fiction, although elsewhere classified as bibliography.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0KbnVtLyiRkC&pg=PA56 Page 56, item 164] ''The Dardanelles Campaign, 1915: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography'' by Fred R van Hartesvelt Google Books</ref>, and also see comments on page 4 of [https://www.rslwa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Vol17-No3-Mar-1937.pdf ‘’The Listening Post’’ 15 March 1937 (RSL WA)] …"appears to be a novel whose author delights in much sordid detail" from the Prime Minister’s Department. For two more books by this author see below, under Mesopotamia, and General. |
| − | + | **[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9789652294579 ''Of Guns and Mules''] by David Lawrence-Young 2010. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. A historical novel set in the Zion Mule Corps. | |
**[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 | *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. | **[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. | ||
| − | **[ | + | **[https://archive.org/details/legionofmarching00blaciala/page/n7 ''The Legion of Marching Madmen''] by W J Blackledge c 1936 Archive.org. This book is considered to be fiction, although classified by some as a personal narrative, as discussed in a ''Great War Forum'' topic.<ref> Maureene. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/270727-fictionfactionfact-the-legion-of-marching-madmen-w-j-blackledge-online/ Fiction/faction/fact? The Legion of Marching Madmen/ W J Blackledge: Online] ''Great War Forum'' 15 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.</ref> |
==== General==== | ==== General==== | ||
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*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000041D18 ''The Orchid of Fô; or, a Tale from Burma'']. By S. C. M. 1896 British Library Digital Collection. | *[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000041D18 ''The Orchid of Fô; or, a Tale from Burma'']. By S. C. M. 1896 British Library Digital Collection. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/dacoitstreasureo00mooriala ''The Dacoit's Treasure, or, In the Days of Po Thaw : a Story of Adventure in Burma''] by Henry Charles Moore c 1897 Archive.org. With illustrations. | *[https://archive.org/details/dacoitstreasureo00mooriala ''The Dacoit's Treasure, or, In the Days of Po Thaw : a Story of Adventure in Burma''] by Henry Charles Moore c 1897 Archive.org. With illustrations. | ||
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:Dingwall Fordyce also wrote "The Adventures of Babi. A pet mongoose in Sumatra", a chapter in ''Wide World Magazine'', 1911, and ''Our Secret Society'' c 1910. However, it is unknown if the setting for the latter is also Malaysia/Indonesia. | :Dingwall Fordyce also wrote "The Adventures of Babi. A pet mongoose in Sumatra", a chapter in ''Wide World Magazine'', 1911, and ''Our Secret Society'' c 1910. However, it is unknown if the setting for the latter is also Malaysia/Indonesia. | ||
*[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/41366 ''The Flying Boat: A Story of Adventure and Misadventure''] by Herbert Strang 1912. Gutenberg.org. Young British traders in China. | *[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41366 ''The Flying Boat: A Story of Adventure and Misadventure''] by Herbert Strang 1912. Gutenberg.org. Young British traders in China. | ||
| − | *[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/ | + | *[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14076 ''The Elephant God''] by Gordon Casserly 1921 Gutenberg.org. |
| − | *[ | + | :[https://archive.org/details/junglegirl00cass_0/page/n5 ''The Jungle Girl''] by Gordon Casserly 1922 Archive.org |
| + | :Both these books were set in the North East of India, where the author, an officer in the Indian Army had been stationed. Also see his book [https://archive.org/details/lifeinindianoutp00cassiala/page/n9 ''Life in an Indian Outpost''] [Buxa Duar, North East India] by Major Gordon Casserly, Indian Army, first published c 1910. Archive.org. | ||
| + | *[https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20200967 ''The Scarlet Stripe - being the adventures of a naval surgeon''] by 1932 Taffrail (Captain Henry Taprell Dorling R N) 1932 fadedpage.com, a Canadian website with many online books. A transcription. An adventure story. Includes piracies of coasting steamers in the China Seas, in line with actual events. He was also the author of ''Pirates'' published 1929, a story of the operations of the pirates in the Canton delta and of the duties of the British gunboats involved, which is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01000969387 . [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Taprell_Dorling H. Taprell Dorling] Wikipedia. | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528790/page/n471 "Ants"] by W J Blackledge, page 471 ''Fifty Amazing Hairbreadth Escapes'' c 1937. Stated to be an extract from ''Hell’s Broth Militia'' [1936] Archive.org | ||
| + | :"Company of the Damned" by Captain W J Blackledge. An Inside Picture of the Hunted Men’s Militia [Kurram Militia] in India. The story of Digger Craven, second in command. Appeared in issues of the weekly magazine ''Liberty'' from v13n14 1936-4-4. [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n14_1936-4-4.Liberty_Darwination-DPP_/page/n10 Part 1], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v15n15_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n31 part 2], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n16_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n37 part 3] Archive.org. Further episodes are not available online. | ||
| + | :An examination of Part 1 shows it is an abridged version of "Ants" which in turn is an extract from ''Hell’s Broth Militia''. Note some classify the latter as biography.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HY_4aH5ihhUC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA27 Page 27, entry 319] ''British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published Or Written Before 1951'' by William Matthews. Reprint edition 1964 Google Books</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:16, 27 December 2022
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. yorkshire 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, although some books below, by authors such as W J Blackledge, Bernard Cornwell, George MacDonald Fraser, and Allan Mallinson were specifically written for adults.
Contents
- 1 Also see
- 2 External links
- 2.1 Historical books online
- 2.1.1 Military Campaigns
- 2.1.1.1 3rd Carnatic War
- 2.1.1.2 4th Mysore War
- 2.1.1.3 2nd Maratha War
- 2.1.1.4 3rd Maratha War
- 2.1.1.5 1st Burma War
- 2.1.1.6 1st Afghan War
- 2.1.1.7 1st Sikh War
- 2.1.1.8 2nd Sikh War
- 2.1.1.9 2nd Burma War
- 2.1.1.10 Indian Mutiny
- 2.1.1.11 2nd Afghan War
- 2.1.1.12 Chitral and Tirah Campaigns
- 2.1.1.13 3rd China War
- 2.1.1.14 First World War
- 2.1.2 General
- 2.1.1 Military Campaigns
- 2.1 Historical books online
- 3 References
Also see
- Talbot Mundy who wrote adventure stories for adults.
External links
Historical books online
Military Campaigns
Arranged according to the dates of the campaigns.
3rd Carnatic War
- In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang 1906 Archive.org. Also available Gutenberg.org. Also published with the title One of Clive's Heroes: A Story of the Fight for India.
4th Mysore War
- Sharpe's Tiger : Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 by Bernard Cornwell 1999. 2nd file 1999. 3rd file 2005. All Archive.org Lending Library.
- Recommended on the Fiction and poetry reading list
- Seringapatam 1 and Seringapatam 2. bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com
2nd Maratha War
- At the Point of the Bayonet, a Tale of the Mahratta War by G A Henty 1902 Archive.org
- Sharpe's Triumph : Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 by Bernard Cornwell 2000. Archive.org Lending Library.
- Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur December 1803 by Bernard Cornwell 2000. Archive.org Lending Library.
- The two Sharpe books are recommended on the Fiction and poetry reading list
- Battle of Assaye bernardcornwellbookgroup. "...background information on places and characters that are key to the context of the novel"
- Siege of Gawilghur bernardcornwellbookgroup.
3rd Maratha War
- Bugles at Dawn by Charles Whiting 2007, first published 1990. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
- Honorable Company : a novel of India before the Raj by Allan Mallinson 2000. Archive.org Lending Library. The build up to the 3rd Maratha War. Also published in the UK under the title The Nizam's Daughters.
- Allan Mallinson Wikipedia.
1st Burma War
- The Young Cadet, or, Henry Delamere's Voyage to India : with his travels in Hindostan, and his account of the Burmese War and the wonders of Elora by Mrs Hofland, 1831 Archive.org. Note: Missing final 2 pages (from another digital file).
- On the Irrawaddy : a Story of the First Burmese War by G A Henty 1897 Archive.org
- Librivox Audio version Archive.org
- Marching to Ava : a Story of the First Burmese War by Henry Charles Moore, catalogued 1904. Archive.org
- The Sabre's Edge by Allan Mallinson 2004. Archive.org Lending Library. Set in the period of the 1st Burma War and the Siege of Bhurtpore.
- Allan Mallinson Wikipedia.
1st Afghan War
- Clevely Sahib: A Tale of the Khyber Pass by Herbert Hayens 1897 Archive.org
- To Herat and Cabul : a Story of the First Afghan War by G A Henty (George Alfred) 1901. Archive.org
- Flashman : from the Flashman papers 1839-1842 by George MacDonald Fraser 1984 edition, first published 1969. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the 1st Afghan War.
- The Flashman Papers Wikipedia.
1st Sikh War
- Flashman and the Mountain of Light : from the Flashman papers, 1845-46 by George MacDonald Fraser 1991. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the 1st Sikh War.
- The Flashman Papers Wikipedia.
2nd Sikh War
2nd Burma War
- Britons at Bay: the Adventures of Two Midshipmen in the Second Burmese War by Henry Charles Moore 1900 Archive.org.
Indian Mutiny
- Iltudus Thomas Prichard victorianresearch.org.
- He was also the author of the factual account The Mutinies in Rajpootana, see Central India Campaign.
- First Love and Last Love: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny by James Grant 1869 Archive.org
- Eight Days: a Tale of the Indian Mutiny by R E Forrest, first published 1891. Archive.org
- The Star of Fortune: a Story of the Indian Mutiny by J E Muddock 1894 Archive.org Volume I, Volume II
- The Great White Hand or, The Tiger of Cawnpore: a Story of the Indian Mutiny by J E Muddock 1896 Archive.org
- On to the Rescue : a Tale of the Indian Mutiny by Gordon Stables, Surgeon, Royal Navy. 1894 Archive.org
- The Red Year: a Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy 1907 Archive.org
- The Devils Wind by Maj. Gen. G.L. Verney 1956. Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India. An account of the actions of the Naval Brigade of H.M.S. Shannon, which participated in the Relief of Lucknow, told through the eyes of a very young sailor.
- Flashman in the Great Game : from the Flashman papers, 1856-1858 by George MacDonald Fraser 1989. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the Indian Mutiny. The Flashman Papers Wikipedia.
- The Mutiny : a Novel by Julian Rathbone 2008, first published 2007.
- Childhood in India; or, English Children in the East by the wife of an officer, late of H.M. service 1865 (Google Books) . A Tale for Children "Founded on Fact" based on the experiences of a family in India during the Mutiny of 1857.
- Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny by George Manville Fenn 1879 Archive.org. George Manville Fenn 1831-1909, was a prolific writer of boys' adventure stories.
- 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.
- The Disputed V.C. : a Tale of the Indian Mutiny by Frederick P Gibbon, c 1894 Archive.org. A boys’ adventure story.
- Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang probably 1908. HathiTrust Digital Library.
2nd Afghan War
- The Road to Kandahar by John Wilcox 2005. Extra wording on cover A Simon Fonthill Novel. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
- Red runs the Helmand by Patrick Mercer 2011. 2nd file 2012 edition. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
Chitral and Tirah Campaigns
3rd China War
- The War of the Dragon Lady by John Wilcox 2012. Extra wording on cover A Simon Fonthill Novel. File 1. File 2. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
First World War
- 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
- 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 Gutenberg.org
- The Boy Allies… Multiple titles by two authors, Robert Drake and Clair W Hayes, published from 1915. Archive.org. Multiple titles Gutenberg.org
- The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line, or With the Allies in France by Ralph Marlow 1916 Gutenberg.org Archive.org version
- Dastral of the Flying Corps by Rowland Walker. First published 1917. Gutenberg.org. Archive.org version About the author. The author was in the RFC. An adventure story.
- Gallipoli
- "Legion of Lost Souls" by Captain W J Blackledge. “A vivid firsthand story of the tragic and Terrible Campaign at Gallipoli-The Peninsula of Death” From the deeply engraved memory of Digger Craven, Australian Trooper" Appeared in issues of the weekly magazine Liberty v13 n42 [1936-10-17] onwards.
- Part 1, part 2 not available online; Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
- Likely to be the text, or an abridged version, of Peninsula of Death, as told to W. J. Blackledge by Digger Craven. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1937, which is accordingly also classified as fiction, although elsewhere classified as bibliography.[2], and also see comments on page 4 of ‘’The Listening Post’’ 15 March 1937 (RSL WA) …"appears to be a novel whose author delights in much sordid detail" from the Prime Minister’s Department. For two more books by this author see below, under Mesopotamia, and General.
- Of Guns and Mules by David Lawrence-Young 2010. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. A historical novel set in the Zion Mule Corps.
- Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrator Ernest Prater. 1918 gutenberg.org. Archive.org version
- Tom Willoughby's Scouts: A Story of the War in German East Africa by Herbert Strang. Illustrator Wal Paget. 1919 gutenberg.org.
- Mesopotamia
- 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.
- The Legion of Marching Madmen by W J Blackledge c 1936 Archive.org. This book is considered to be fiction, although classified by some as a personal narrative, as discussed in a Great War Forum topic.[3]
General
Arranged by date of publication
- The Orchid of Fô; or, a Tale from Burma. By S. C. M. 1896 British Library Digital Collection.
- The Dacoit's Treasure, or, In the Days of Po Thaw : a Story of Adventure in Burma by Henry Charles Moore c 1897 Archive.org. With illustrations.
- Dingwall Fordyce also wrote "The Adventures of Babi. A pet mongoose in Sumatra", a chapter in Wide World Magazine, 1911, and Our Secret Society c 1910. However, it is unknown if the setting for the latter is also Malaysia/Indonesia.
- Bears and Dacoits and Other Stories by G A Henty c 1901. Archive.org. Includes "Bears and Dacoits. A Tale of the Ghauts".
- The Flying Boat: A Story of Adventure and Misadventure by Herbert Strang 1912. Gutenberg.org. Young British traders in China.
- The Elephant God by Gordon Casserly 1921 Gutenberg.org.
- The Jungle Girl by Gordon Casserly 1922 Archive.org
- Both these books were set in the North East of India, where the author, an officer in the Indian Army had been stationed. Also see his book Life in an Indian Outpost [Buxa Duar, North East India] by Major Gordon Casserly, Indian Army, first published c 1910. Archive.org.
- The Scarlet Stripe - being the adventures of a naval surgeon by 1932 Taffrail (Captain Henry Taprell Dorling R N) 1932 fadedpage.com, a Canadian website with many online books. A transcription. An adventure story. Includes piracies of coasting steamers in the China Seas, in line with actual events. He was also the author of Pirates published 1929, a story of the operations of the pirates in the Canton delta and of the duties of the British gunboats involved, which is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01000969387 . H. Taprell Dorling Wikipedia.
- "Ants" by W J Blackledge, page 471 Fifty Amazing Hairbreadth Escapes c 1937. Stated to be an extract from Hell’s Broth Militia [1936] Archive.org
- "Company of the Damned" by Captain W J Blackledge. An Inside Picture of the Hunted Men’s Militia [Kurram Militia] in India. The story of Digger Craven, second in command. Appeared in issues of the weekly magazine Liberty from v13n14 1936-4-4. Part 1, part 2, part 3 Archive.org. Further episodes are not available online.
- An examination of Part 1 shows it is an abridged version of "Ants" which in turn is an extract from Hell’s Broth Militia. Note some classify the latter as biography.[4]
References
- ↑ Birth of Adventure Novels from “Chilldren’s Books in The Victorian Era from the Winnington-Ingram Collection”
- ↑ Page 56, item 164 The Dardanelles Campaign, 1915: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography by Fred R van Hartesvelt Google Books
- ↑ Maureene. Fiction/faction/fact? The Legion of Marching Madmen/ W J Blackledge: Online Great War Forum 15 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ↑ Page 27, entry 319 British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published Or Written Before 1951 by William Matthews. Reprint edition 1964 Google Books
