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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, although some books below , by authors such as Bernard Cornwell, George MacDonald Fraser, and Allan Mallinson were specifically written for adults.
==Also see==
=====3rd Carnatic War=====
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16382 ''In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India''] by Herbert Strang . Also published with the title [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41489 ''One of Clive's Heroes: A Story of the Fight for India''] by Herbert Strang 1938 reprint, first published 1906. gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
=====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=====
*[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.
=====3rd Maratha War=====
*[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''.
