A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers. By G. A. HENTY. With 8 full-page
Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth
elegant, 5_s._
No portion of English history is more crowded with great events than
that of the reign of Edward III. Cressy and Poitiers laid France
prostrate at the feet of England; the Spanish fleet was dispersed and
destroyed. Europe was ravaged by the dreadful plague known as the
Black Death, and France was the scene of the terrible peasant rising
called the Jacquerie. All these stirring events are treated by the
author in _St. George for England._ The hero of the story, although
of good family, begins life as a London apprentice, but after
countless adventures and perils, becomes by valour and good conduct
the squire, and at last the trusted friend of the Black Prince.
"Mr. Henty, as a boy's story teller stands in the very foremost
rank. With plenty of scope to work upon he has done his work well,
producing a strong story at once instructive and entertaining."--
_Glasgow Herald._
"A story of very great interest for boys. In his own forcible style
the author has endeavoured to show that determination and
enthusiasm can accomplish marvellous results; that courage is
generally accompanied by magnanimity and gentleness, and that if
not in itself the highest of virtues, it is the parent of nearly
all the others, since but few of them can be practised without
it."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
"Mr. Henty has developed for himself a type of historical novel for
boys which bids fair to supplement, on their behalf, the historical
labours of Sir Walter Scott in the land of fiction."--_Standard._