G. A. Henty

Rujub, the Juggler (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This captivating historical novel unfolds against the backdrop of the mutiny in 1850s India. A beautiful young woman named Isobel Hanney is kidnapped by the ruthless leader Nana Sahib, who is determined to make her his own. It's up to the British expatriate Ralph Bathurst and the wise and mysterious guru Rujub to save her.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Floating Press
• Seitenzahl: 499
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781776674329
• Artikelnr.: 47393488

Autorenporträt

English author and war correspondent George Alfred Henty lived from 8 December 1832 to 16 November 1902. He is most well-known for his historical fiction and adventure books, including The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883), and In Freedom's Cause (1883). (1885). He was a British journalist who served as G. A. Henty's war correspondent. He was raised in Cambridge and finished his education there at Gonville and Caius College. He continued to cover important wars that followed, such as the Italian and Austro-Italian Wars. He wrote 122 books, most of which were geared toward young readers. He also wrote non-fiction, adult fiction, and short tales. In Henty's stories, the main character is a boy or young man who is going through a challenging situation. His characters are consistently low-key, astute, courageous, truthful, and resourceful with a lot of "pluck." The date was put at the bottom of the title page of each of Henty's 122 historical fiction works in their first printings.