Historical Fiction Henty, George Alfred: Through the Fray. V1. 21 May 2010

[crutledge]

George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The beginning of the present century, glorious as it was for British arms abroad, was a dark time to those who lived by their daily labor at home. The heavy taxation entailed by the war, the injury to trade, and the enormous prices of food, all pressed heavily upon the working classes. The invention of improved machinery, vast as has been the increase of trade which it has brought about, at first pressed heavily upon the hand workers, who assigned all their distress to the new inventions. Hence a movement arose, which did much damage and for a time threatened to be extremely formidable. It had its ramifications through all the manufacturing districts of England, the object being the destruction of the machinery, and a return to the old methods of work.
Henty, George Alfred: Through the Fray. V1. 21 May 2010

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[neilmarr]

Thanks, Crutledge. Just downloaded this for the weekend. I'm very into Henty now after reading *Orange and Green* this week. Again thanks to you. A superb book, and what a magnificent job you did on the ePub. Perfect. Here's karma to you. Very best. Neil

[crutledge]

Originally Posted by neilmarr

Thanks, Crutledge. Just downloaded this for the weekend. I'm very into Henty now after reading *Orange and Green* this week. Again thanks to you. A superb book, and what a magnificent job you did on the ePub. Perfect. Here's karma to you. Very best. Neil

Thank you very much, Neil. Henty was very prolific.

Right now I'm transitioning to Sigil as a book editor. So if there are are a few glitches, please blame them on Sigil. I'm retired, and making eBooks from Project Gutenberg files is my hobby. It keeps my mind active.

I hope you continue to enjoy and thanks for the karma.

Charlie