The tale of Terrance O'Connor, son of a senior captain, who joined Sir Aurther Wellesley's expedition to Portugal. A young man notorious for his mischievous pranks, Terrance's quick witted suggestion saves the outgoing transport from attack by French privateers, and he is selected...
Under Wellington's Command: A Tale Of The Peninsular War (1899) is a historical fiction novel written by George Alfred Henty. The book is set during the Peninsular War, which took place between 1807 and 1814 in Spain and Portugal, and follows the story of a young British officer...
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As many boys into whose hands the present volume may fall will not have read my last year's book, With Moore in Corunna, of which this is a continuation, it is necessary that a few words should be said, to enable them to take up the thread of the story. It was impossible, in...
Reproduction of the original: Under Wellington's Command by G.A. Henty
Complete and unabridged paperback edition. First published in 1898.
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Under Wellington's Command