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

by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 11 · 3,114 sentences

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Subjects: Historical fiction · Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, Earl of, 1658-1735 — Juvenile fiction · Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714 — Juvenile fiction

Words worth knowing: matchlock · spree · impressment · pinnace · unsupported · lax · outwork · bowsprit

THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE OR, WITH PETERBOROUGH IN SPAIN By G. A. Henty.

PREFACE My Dear Lads: 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.

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