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The Young Carthaginian

by Henty George Alfred

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For the novel, titled “The Young Carthaginian” G. A. Henty chose the subject of the struggle of the Carthaginians and the Romans. Being a master of the historical adventure, he skillfully combined fiction with an accurate context of history. A fictional hero, Marchus, a kinsman of the famous Hannibal, joins him on the Carthaginian campaign against Rome.
This book can serve a rich source of knowledge about this struggle for the empire of the world, the Punic Wars and the political climate in which they took place, as wall as of the manners, customs, religion, and politics of Carthage. A perfect commencement to further acquaintance with history.

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...theirplaces on the back of each, the general with the rest of the fightingmen followed closely behind. At the orders of their drivers the well trained animals broke into atrot, and the party advanced from the shadow of the grove. The nativesscattered between it and the wood fired a volley of arrows and thenbroke as the elephants charged down upon them. Trained to warfarethe elephants dashed among them, catching some up in their trunks anddashing them lifeless to the ground, knocking down and trampling uponothers, scattering terror wherever they went, while the archers on theirbacks kept up a deadly fire. As soon as the way was open Hamilcar ledthe little party on foot at full speed towards the wood. As he entered it he ordered his trumpeter to blow his horn. The wellknown signal revived the hopes and courage of the sorely pressed troops, who, surprised and discouraged, had been losing ground, great numbersfalling before the arrows and javelins of their swarming and activefoes. The...