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    The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain
    The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain
    The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain
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    The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain

    By G. A. Henty

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    There are few great leaders whose lives and actions have so completely fallen into oblivion as those of the Earl of Peterborough. His career as a general was a brief one, extending only over little more than a year, and yet in that time he showed a genius for warfare which has never been surpassed, and performed feats of daring worthy of taking their place among those of the leaders of chivalry.
    The fact that they have made so slight a mark upon history is due to several reasons. In the first place, they were overshadowed by the glory and successes of Marlborough; they were performed in a cause which could scarcely be said to be that of England, and in which the public had a comparatively feeble interest; the object, too, for which he fought was frustrated, and the war was an unsuccessful one, although from no fault on his part.
    But most of all, Lord Peterborough failed to attain that place in the list of British worthies to which his genius and his bravery should have raised him, because that genius was directed by no steady aim or purpose. Lord Peterborough is, indeed, one of the most striking instances in history of genius and talent wasted, and a life thrown away by want of fixed principle and by an inability or unwillingness to work with other men. He quarreled in turn with every party and with almost every individual with whom he came in contact; and while he himself was constantly changing his opinions, he was intolerant of all opinions differing from those which he at the moment held, and was always ready to express in the most open and offensive manner his contempt and dislike for those who differed from him. His eccentricities were great; he was haughty and arrogant, hasty and passionate; he denied his God, quarreled with his king, and rendered himself utterly obnoxious to every party in the state. (excerpt from preface)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOtbebookpublishing
    Release dateDec 27, 2015
    ISBN9783944389677
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      It is seldom one reads a book first read when one was ten, and this one holds up pretty well. This one does, allowing for the difference that further education has given me. G.A. Henty had been an army officer and then a war correspondent before he took to writing "Boys Books." in the 1870's, and up to his death in 1902. Following his titles gives one a pretty good history of the campaigns of the Royal Army up to the Boer war. The stories are formulaic, but pretty well researched and this one deals with an attempt to put a lesser Hapsburg on the throne of Spain during the wars of Queen Anne's reign. Our hero is an example of boy scout virtues, and the tale is romantic and does not deal in the nuts and bolts of either battles or love. But they are well paced, and are suitable for homeschoolers of the Christian variety. While they are casually racist, in the manner of H. Ryder Haggard, overall, they are pretty good entertainment, and far more educational than "the hardy Boys'. My copy was a Foulsham Press reprint, and,sadly, seems to have the usual maps removed, which I remember as a good feature of the earlier editions I read.

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