Defending the Legacy

Through the Fray By G. A. Henty Originally published 1886   The Victorian novelist G. A. Henty wrote a multitude of ...

I have often featured work by the author G. A. Henty on my blog (http://www.defendingthelegacy.blogspot.com/search/label/Henty) but this is...

"There is nothing so bad as cowardice; it is the father of all faults.  A coward is certain to be a liar, for he will not hesitate to t...

"I heard, some time ago, that one of our masters had been appointed to a church in some beastly neighbourhood in Birmingham or one of t...

This quote from page 8 of John Hawke's Fortune by G. A. Henty is one of my favorites: "Never do a dishonourable action, be honest...

As a Providential historian (one who believes that God directs the affairs of men), it is discouraging to constantly hear how one man was ...