A lad leaves home to become a writer, or clerk, in the East India Company’s service at Madras, at a time when the French hold the upper hand and English influence seems close to extinction. With his companion Tim he fights privateers and pirates, joins Clive at the siege of Arcot and Kavaripak, and rises through ten years of war. Its imperial outlook is that of 1884.
Classic Henty adventure built on careful history, for young readers and old fans of the boys’ story. Download the free EPUB.