GA Henty Books in Order

A missing will draws the Ashleigh and Harmer families into a struggle over inheritance and concealed motives. Religious divisions, broken relationships and secrets surrounding Harmer Place complicate the search for the document that could settle their uncertain futures.

Henty recounts the British expedition to Abyssinia to free captives held by Emperor Theodore. His correspondent's account follows the march from the coast to Magdala, emphasizing difficult terrain, transport problems and the organization required to move the army.

Frank Maynard's life at Cambridge begins amid rowing rivalries, friendships and a dramatic college fire. This opening volume follows his encounters with people across British society as family circumstances and personal relationships begin to complicate his comfortable world.

Returning from travels abroad, Frank Maynard accepts Teddy Drake's invitation to a family wedding in Staffordshire. His growing interest in Katie O'Byrne develops amid social gatherings and conflicting attachments, continuing the novel's story of relationships across British society.

A bank failure leaves Frank Maynard struggling to support his wife and child, while his cousin Fred Bingham prospers as a contractor. Financial desperation and inheritance claims intensify family tensions in the concluding volume of their intertwined stories.

The Hardy family leaves England to establish a farm in Argentina, hoping to improve their children's prospects. Charley and Hubert learn the practical skills of settlement as the family faces unfamiliar terrain and the hardships of life on the pampas.

English brothers Ralph and Percy Barclay, living in France, join volunteer irregular troops during the Franco-Prussian War. Their determination to defend their adopted country takes them away from home into the dangers and uncertainty of the conflict.

Drawing on his reports as a newspaper correspondent, Henty describes the British campaign against the Ashanti and the march to Coomassie. The account follows the expedition inland and back to the coast, detailing its military encounters and difficult conditions.

After their father's death, Tom and Peter Scudamore leave their restrictive new home and enlist as army buglers. The brothers' adventures unfold during the Peninsular War, bringing their youthful resourcefulness into contact with the demands of military life.

Ned and Dick Warrener and their cousin Rose face sudden danger when the Indian Rebellion of 1857 reaches their community. Forced to flee the cantonment, they navigate a conflict that overturns the security of their family's daily life.

Young Jack Simpson grows up in a coal-mining village and seeks to improve his prospects through education and determination. The dangers of the Vaughan Pit and the hardships faced by its workers put his courage and loyalty to the test.

Young Cuthbert helps rescue the Earl of Evesham's kidnapped daughter with assistance from outlawed serfs. His service earns him a place in the earl's expedition to the Holy Land, where he joins Richard's forces during the Third Crusade.

Harry Furness supports the Royalists while his friend Herbert Rippinghall comes from a Parliamentarian family. As the English Civil War approaches and their allegiances pull them apart, the boys struggle to preserve a friendship across their country's deepening division.

Young naturalist Frank Hargate accompanies an expedition into Africa and is captured before the Ashanti War. His knowledge and resourcefulness become essential as he moves from captivity toward involvement with the British force marching on Coomassie.

Sixteen-year-old Charlie Marryat leaves his struggling family to work for the East India Company. His arrival in India leads into the military and political struggles surrounding Robert Clive as competing powers fight for influence in the eighteenth century.

Archie Forbes, whose family's estates have been taken, joins the Scottish struggle against English rule. Organizing a band of scouts, he serves alongside William Wallace and Robert Bruce as battles for national independence intersect with his own losses.

After Danish invaders overrun his father's lands, young Saxon Edmund joins the resistance associated with King Alfred. His adventures follow the struggle to defend ninth-century England as raids and warfare threaten the survival of its communities.

Young Scot Malcolm Graheme sets out for Germany to serve in the army of Gustavus Adolphus. His experiences among Scottish soldiers follow the campaigns of the Thirty Years' War, drawing him into the struggles dividing seventeenth-century Europe.

Dick and John Humphreys leave rural England with their family to settle in South Africa. Their efforts to establish a new life are disrupted by the Zulu and Boer wars, linking the brothers' adventures to the region's conflicts.

William Gale's search for advancement takes him through seafaring adventures and into British military service during the Afghan War. Battles, captivity and dangerous journeys through mountain passes test a young man whose origins are bound to a family mystery.

Ned Sankey grows up amid the unrest caused by industrial machinery and the Luddite riots in Yorkshire. His resistance to an unjust schoolmaster introduces a story in which personal grievances intersect with workers' fears for their livelihoods.

Wrongly accused young Reuben Whitney leaves England to begin again in Australia. His work in a remote frontier district brings him into conflict with bushrangers and tests the intelligence and judgment that earlier prejudice had overlooked.

This account presents scenes from Queen Victoria's life and reign, following her childhood, accession, marriage and family. Henty places the monarch's personal experiences alongside public events and the changes that shaped Britain and its empire during her rule.

Young Jack Stilwell is forced into military service after family prejudice and social pressure limit his choices. His adventures take him into the Earl of Peterborough's campaigns in Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Young Carthaginian Malchus trains for war as Rome threatens his homeland. His adventures unfold during Hannibal's campaigns, presenting battles and political tensions from the Carthaginian side as the rival powers contend for supremacy around the Mediterranean.

James Walsham's early life in an English seaside village leads toward military adventures in North America. Against the backdrop of the French and Indian War, he becomes involved in the struggle between British and French forces for control of Canada.

Raised in Glasgow, the son of a Scottish officer in French service is arrested after helping a Jacobite agent. His escape leads him to France and military adventures before he becomes involved in Prince Charles Edward Stuart's campaign.

John of Gamala is drawn into the Jewish revolt against Roman rule and the events leading to Jerusalem's siege. Divisions among his own people complicate resistance as he struggles to protect those caught between occupation, factional conflict and warfare.

Gabriel Allen's rise from shipwreck survivor to wealthy industrialist and member of Parliament conceals an earlier life as a clerk. Adventures involving his son Frank and the villain Ruskoff place family origins and claims to identity at the story's center.

English schoolboy Harry Sandwith goes to France to live with the Marquis de St. Caux and his children. When revolution endangers the aristocratic household, Harry must use his resourcefulness to help his companions navigate persecution and escape.

Walter Davenant's involvement in a coastal rescue brings him into contact with neighbors across Ireland's religious divide. As the Williamite War spreads, family loyalties and relationships complicate his experiences of the campaigns around the Boyne and Limerick.

With his mother too ill to support them, George Andrews leaves his work as a grocer's errand boy to seek opportunities in London. Poverty and unfamiliar surroundings test his determination to earn a living and improve their circumstances.

A false accusation of theft sends a young heir away from England after his cousin's scheme threatens his inheritance. Working his passage to America, he crosses the plains toward California, where gold prospecting offers a chance to rebuild his life.

Amuba, a prince enslaved after Egypt conquers his people, becomes the companion of a priest's son, Chebron. A priestly conspiracy and the accidental killing of a sacred cat force the boys to flee with Amuba's protector Jethro.

British officer Ronald Mervyn seeks a fresh start in South Africa after a false accusation brings disgrace. Frontier warfare draws him into further danger, while the mystery surrounding the Carne family's ancestral home continues to shadow his former life.

Fisherman's son Jack Robson grows up in Leigh, learning the demanding work of its boats and encountering the dangers of the tidal coast. His ambitions lead into wider maritime adventures, where practical seamanship and courage become essential to survival.

Brothers Geoffrey and Lionel Vickars accompany Francis Vere as England sends forces to support the Netherlands against Spain. Their military adventures follow the struggle for Dutch independence, connecting personal ambitions with campaigns in the Low Countries.

Ned Martin and his seafaring father become involved in the Netherlands' resistance to Spanish rule. Family connections and anger at religious persecution draw them into the conflict as the Dutch seek independence and the foundations of a republic.

Five adventure stories bring together Henty’s tales of peril, including Bears and Dacoits, The Paternosters, A Pipe of Mystery, White-Faced Dick, and A Brush with the Chinese. Their characters face dangerous encounters requiring courage and resourcefulness.

Francis Hammond, an English merchant's son in fourteenth-century Venice, intervenes in an attempted abduction of two noblewomen. The rescue draws him into the republic's rivalries and conspiracies, where personal loyalty becomes entangled with the city's wider struggles.

Shipwrecked in Mexico, young Englishman Roger builds friendships among the Aztecs while trying to survive far from home. The arrival of Cortez and his Spanish forces puts those relationships at risk and leaves Roger caught between competing loyalties.

Henty turns from battlefield adventures to humorous essays about creatures large and small, from elephants and crocodiles to donkeys and mosquitoes. Their habits become a way to examine human prejudices, pet theories, and uneasy relations with the animal world.

In Victorian Bath, questions of inheritance draw a family into secrets surrounding a marriage and its consequences. As relatives pursue competing interests, hidden motives threaten their alliances and make the truth about the family's future increasingly difficult to establish.

Sent to Gibraltar to live with his sister, Bob Repton finds himself at a fortress under siege by Spanish and French forces. Adventures aboard a privateer and dangers ashore test his resourcefulness as the defenders struggle to hold the Rock.

Raised as brothers, Rupert and Edgar Clinton face uncertainty about their identities before becoming involved in the Nile expedition. The attempt to reach Khartoum and relieve General Gordon puts their courage and loyalty to the test far from England.

Young British chief Beric resists Roman rule before captivity carries him into the heart of the empire. Fighting, gladiatorial life, and danger in Nero's Rome force him to adapt while keeping faith with the people and home he has lost.

English youth Godfrey Bullen is arrested in Russia as a suspected revolutionary and sent to Siberia. Determined to regain his freedom, he must find allies and a route through a vast, hostile landscape where capture would end his hopes of escape.

Horace and the crew of an English vessel sail into the Greek struggle for independence from Ottoman rule. Their efforts to help those caught in the conflict bring sea fights, rescues, and difficult choices amid violence on both sides.

An English lad seeking a new life becomes a cowboy on the American plains. Ranch work and cattle drives soon expose him to raids and other dangers, turning the promise of independence into a demanding test of endurance and judgment.

When his Jacobite father is accused of plotting against the English king, Charlie Carstairs accompanies him into exile in Sweden. Service under Charles XII brings campaigns against Poland and Russia while the injustice at home remains unresolved.

Dorothy Hawtrey's life is disrupted by a woman whose resemblance to her enables a calculated deception. As false appearances threaten her reputation and security, uncovering the plot leads beyond English society to the distant goldfields of California.

Ralph Conway enters the 28th Regiment as a young ensign and finds himself caught up in the struggle against Napoleon. Service in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo turns his ambition for a military career into a trial of courage.

Ralph Bathurst's terror of gunfire threatens to overwhelm him as rebellion spreads through India. His friendship with Rujub, a juggler with mysterious abilities, draws him into efforts to protect others while confronting the fear that shadows his life.

Percy Groves travels to the Punjab to join his uncle, only to be drawn into war between British forces and the Sikhs. Volunteering for service brings battles and dangerous journeys that put his readiness for adventure to a severe test.

After his father's death changes his prospects, aspiring artist Cuthbert Hartington goes to Paris to pursue his training. The Franco-Prussian War, siege, and Commune transform that artistic journey into a struggle through a city torn by political violence.

Orphaned English boy Tom travels to Colorado to join his uncle's search for gold and improve his family's prospects. Mountain winter, attacks, and the hazards of the Colorado River test the small party's ability to survive far from help.

English youth Philip Fletcher crosses to France, where his mother's family connects him to the Protestant cause. Battles and secret missions during the Huguenot wars demand courage as religious conflict threatens both his relatives and the country around them.

Young Saxon thane Wulf enters Earl Harold's service and follows him through the struggles surrounding England's crown. Campaigns in Wales, fighting at Stamford Bridge, and the approaching Norman invasion make personal loyalty inseparable from the fate of his homeland.

Gervaise Tresham joins the Knights of St. John at their island stronghold of Rhodes. Service at sea and the threat of a Turkish siege demand discipline and courage as he learns what membership in the order requires.

Julian Wyatt's capture by smugglers eventually carries him into French military service and Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The campaign becomes a desperate struggle against cold, hunger, and pursuing enemies as the army begins its retreat from Moscow.

Edgar and his friend Albert are drawn into the turmoil of Wat Tyler's rising as rebellion reaches London. Their efforts to navigate the violence and protect others carry them from England's upheaval into further dangers across the Channel.

English page Guy Aylmer accompanies his mistress into Paris, where political factions hold them as hostages. Escaping the city's violence is only part of his ordeal, as the conflict between England and France leads toward Henry V's campaign at Agincourt.

Rupert Holliday leaves England after a family quarrel and joins Marlborough's army in the Netherlands. Battles, imprisonment, and intrigue test the young cavalry officer as he seeks a place for himself during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Frank Mallett's long rivalry with an old schoolmate extends from military life into yachting and his attachment to Bertha Greendale. Competition for the Queen's Cup becomes part of a larger struggle in which private ambition threatens the people he cares about.

Young Englishman Steve Embleton is drawn into Lord Cochrane's naval campaigns in South American waters. Daring attacks against Spanish power and the uncertainties of service in a new fleet test him amid the struggle for independence.

Colonel Thorndyke returns from India with valuable jewels whose origins make them dangerous to possess. His legacy entangles an English family in a mystery of hidden treasure and persistent pursuers determined to recover objects taken from a sacred idol.

Scottish youth Fergus Drummond seeks a military career in the service of Frederick the Great. The Seven Years' War brings battles, capture, and attempts to escape as he tries to prove himself while Prussia faces powerful enemies.

A soldier’s daughter faces danger on Britain’s Indian frontier, determined to resist the limits placed on her. Her adventure appears alongside two other stories, bringing together conflicts in which courage and quick thinking become essential.

Two young midshipmen serving in Malay waters become involved with a local ruler and the threats surrounding his people. Rescue missions, hostile rivals, and pirates turn their naval duties into a dangerous adventure along unfamiliar coasts and rivers.

English boy Edgar Blagrove is living in Egypt when Napoleon's invasion overturns his world. Friendships with local people and service alongside British forces carry him through fighting on land and sea, including the desperate defense of Acre.

Raised near the troubled English-Scottish border, Oswald Forster enters Lord Percy's service and is sent into Wales. Raids, captivity, and competing loyalties draw him into the conflicts associated with Hotspur and Owen Glendower.

Jack Archer joins the Royal Navy as a midshipman and sails into the Crimean War. Fighting, storms, and imprisonment carry him far beyond the adventure he expected, forcing him to rely on courage and ingenuity to survive.

Young midshipmen Dick and Tom join a group of miners after a violent encounter in San Diego. The search for gold carries them into remote country, where wilderness hazards and threats from other people make fortune far from certain.

The disappearance of a wealthy officer's young heir leaves an inheritance vulnerable to those who would profit from the child's absence. Murder and deception complicate the search as investigators try to discover what happened and establish the rightful claim.

Orphaned Hector Campbell, the son of a Scottish officer, seeks advancement in the French army during the Thirty Years' War. His abilities attract powerful commanders' notice, but military opportunity comes with battles, intrigue, and enemies who resent his rise.

Young naval officer Nat Glover serves in Caribbean waters as revolution convulses Haiti. Fighting pirates, undertaking rescues, and protecting people caught in the conflict bring danger both aboard ship and on an island where refuge is increasingly hard to find.

After leaving his ship in San Diego, young sailor Will Harland rescues Juan Sarasta from attackers and gains a new friend. A journey to Juan's family's ranch brings further threats, eventually drawing Will into the dangerous country of the cave-dwellers.

English youth Leigh Stansfield joins his sister and her French husband as the Revolution drives their region toward civil war. The rising in La Vendée forces him into dangerous service among people fighting for their homes and beliefs.

A boy with English and Italian family ties joins Garibaldi's small expedition to Sicily. Scouting, battles, and efforts to help prisoners draw him into the campaign for Italian liberation, where enthusiasm must withstand the realities of war.

Raised away from the noble family into which he was born, an apprentice armourer is drawn into England's wars in France. The campaigns associated with Crécy and Poitiers offer opportunities to prove his courage while his origins remain uncertain.

Believing that his missing father may be imprisoned in Mysore, Dick Holland travels to India with his mother. The search brings him into danger under Tipu Sultan's rule, where disguise and careful planning may be as necessary as military courage.

Harold Welch and his family remain loyal to Britain as rebellion spreads through the American colonies. Frontier danger and service with British forces carry him through the War of Independence, where divided loyalties expose soldiers and civilians to peril.

Young Virginian Vincent Wingfield joins the Confederate cavalry as the American Civil War begins. His service with the Army of Northern Virginia brings battles, danger, and divided loyalties as he tries to protect people he cares about.

Mischievous Terence O'Connor earns a commission in his father's regiment and sails for the Peninsular War. Facing Napoleon's forces in Portugal and Spain tests whether the young officer can turn youthful confidence into the judgment needed for survival.

A young Englishman raised in unusual circumstances enters East India Company service during the Mahratta wars. Military campaigns draw him into intrigue, captivity, and dangerous journeys, where adaptability and judgment become as important as his ability to fight.

Young Irishman Desmond Kennedy joins an Irish regiment serving France during wars in Flanders and Spain. His military adventures unfold amid competing loyalties to family, country, and the Stuart cause, testing his courage in a world shaped by political conflict.

John Hawke lives in Dorset when the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion brings conflict close to home. Helping rebels after Sedgemoor draws him into dangerous political loyalties and a wider military life connected to the future Duke of Marlborough.

As the Boer War approaches, Chris King and other young men from Johannesburg face the upheaval of leaving familiar lives behind. Their involvement in the fighting in Natal tests leadership, friendship, and the resolve required to survive military danger.

Yorke Harberton's family loses its fortune after a banking collapse, prompting him to seek opportunities in South Africa. War transforms that new beginning into a dangerous military adventure as he becomes involved in the campaign toward Pretoria.

After a bank failure ruins their finances, Wilfrid Renshaw helps his family leave England for New Zealand. Building a new life requires practical resilience, while colonial conflict threatens the security and independence they hoped emigration would provide.

After his father's death, Stanley stays in India with his trading uncle and becomes involved in the First Anglo-Burmese War. Language skills and adaptability help him navigate a conflict that turns commercial opportunity into military danger.

Orphaned Angus Campbell enters British diplomatic service in Persia and carries a message to besieged Herat. His mission draws him into the First Afghan War, where shifting alliances and dangerous travel test his ability to survive far from home.

Ned Hearne's daring rescue at sea earns him a place on Francis Drake's expedition against Spain. The young sailor pursues his dream of adventure while facing storms, hostile forces, and the hazards of voyages across unfamiliar waters.

Cyril Shenstone must make his own way after his father's death during Restoration England. His efforts to build a future lead through personal hardship and public danger, including the disasters that culminate in London's Great Fire.

Young Gregory, raised in Cairo after his father's disappearance, joins Kitchener's Sudan expedition as an interpreter. Military service brings danger and uncertainty as the campaign advances toward Atbara and Omdurman, while his family's unresolved history shadows his future.

Expelled from school and restless under his uncle's authority, Arthur Hallett enlists in the British Legion fighting in Spain's Carlist Wars. Seeking adventure becomes a test of responsibility as he encounters the discipline and danger of military life.

Naval officer Harry Prendergast travels to Peru with his younger brother Bertie, hoping an Inca treasure will secure his future with the woman he loves. Their search takes them through unfamiliar terrain and a country troubled by political upheaval.

After losing his officer father, Lisle Bullen disguises himself to join British troops in the field. Campaigns in Chitral, Tirah, and Ashanti test his determination to prove himself against the practical hardships and danger of military service.

Orphan William Gilmore grows up in a fishing village shaped by smuggling and seeks a different future in the Royal Navy. Service during Nelson's era tests his courage and judgment as he encounters the dangers of life at sea.

Young Rex Bateman and his Chinese companion Ah Lo navigate the dangers of the Boxer Rebellion. As foreign legations in Peking come under siege, their efforts to survive and reach family draw them into a rapidly escalating international conflict.