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George Alfred Henty
George Manville Fenn
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In his early days as war correspondent everything was fresh and bright, and his letters display the keenness of his observation, especially in the way in which he compares, with a soldier’s eye, the uniforms and accoutrements of the Italian soldier with those of the troops at home. The special war dress, adapted to the season (June), was of coarse brown holland or canvas, with a loose blue-grey greatcoat, and belt at the waist outside; the cavalry, it being summer time, wore red caps with tassels in place of helmets; the artillery had short jackets and canvas trousers. Everything seemed useful and serviceable. But now the critic comes in, for he writes: “I do not so much like the appearance of the army when on the march.” The rate of march was about one-fourth quicker than th. . . Read More
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I confess to only skimming most of this book as I was reading it for a set purpose, but if I had time I would have read it more closely. It's an interesting biography in that it talks more about things Henty saw than things Henty did. It's also mostly paraphrases of Henty's articles from his time as
This book is an important complement to the G.A. Henty literary annals and, although written over 100 years ago, the new generation of Henty's followers should welcome it.
George Fenn's panegyric for G.A. Henty, that eminent writer of imperial adventure stories for boys, was deeply felt. An unabashed