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Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War
G. A. Henty
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This turned out to be the case. They had settled what story to tell; and when the landlord asked what brought them there so early, Paolo said that they had been on the road a couple of hours, as they were going to see an aunt who was ill at Chivasso, and their father wanted them back again that night. The explanation satisfied the host and he asked no further questions, and in ten minutes they were on their way again, greatly warmed and comforted by their meal, and after walking for another hour and a half they arrived at the bridge of Chivasso. There was a strong guard at the bridge head, for at any moment the garrison of Turin, aided by a force from Leganez's army, might endeavour to carry the town by a sudden assault. The lads . . . Read More
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1st printing = HRN 150 = July 1959 = 15¢
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It's so similar to Dumas that I became ashamed of the guy. This is what copyright laws are for- those who aren't original enough to steal with honorable variance.
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This is an older book, and the writing is in the style and heavily overlaid with Victorian and English values. Nonetheless, the novel seems to be relatively accurate historically despite an obvious English bias. I found it to be an entertaining read and upon further investigation discovered an enorm
It is October, 1639, during the Thirty Years War, and fifteen year old Hector Campbell is a young Scottish orphan whose mother had died when he was small and whose father was a soldier who had been killed at the siege of LaRochelle fighting for the French. As a result, his father’s regiment, station