Project Gutenberg 2006-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 86 Henty, G. A. (George Alfred) 1832 1902 Henty, George Alfred Henty, G.A. The Young Buglers Reading ease score: 74.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Etext produced by Ted Garvin, Suzanne Shell, William Flis, and PG Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger "The Young Buglers" by G.A. Henty is a historical novel written during the late 19th century. The story follows the adventures of two young brothers, Tom and Peter Scudamore, as they run away from home after the death of their father and enlist as buglers in the army during the Peninsular War. The novel promises a mix of excitement, warfare, and the challenges of growing up as the brothers navigate their new military life. At the start of the novel, we meet Tom and Peter Scudamore, two mischievous boys at Eton, whose adventures often land them in trouble. Following the sudden death of their father, the boys learn of their family's financial difficulties and their impending move to live with their strict aunt. Feeling stifled and yearning for adventure, they resolve to enlist in the army as buglers. The opening introduces their playful, rebellious spirits, sets the stage for their decision to flee, and hints at the excitement and challenges they will face as they embark on a military life filled with camaraderie and conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Fiction 680974 680975 2024-10-04T11:23:09.360178 2023-10-05T03:33:17.992983 text/html text/html 673257 2021-01-02T06:43:38 text/html 299996 2024-10-04T11:23:18.147096 application/epub+zip 306955 2024-10-04T11:23:11.616150 application/epub+zip 306954 2024-10-04T11:23:10.235123 application/epub+zip 526963 2024-10-04T11:23:23.323107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 493178 2024-10-04T11:23:17.274139 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469768 2022-09-05T04:48:34.349183 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597194 597058 2024-10-04T11:23:08.279172 2023-10-05T03:33:17.088972 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 597042 2021-01-02T06:43:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 220842 2021-01-02T06:43:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 597033 2021-01-02T06:43:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 220781 2021-01-02T06:43:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21537 2024-10-04T11:23:23.454058 application/rdf+xml 11981 2024-10-04T11:23:10.812147 image/jpeg 3385 2024-10-04T11:23:10.518119 image/jpeg 229193 2021-01-02T06:43:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 290898 2024-10-04T11:23:09.414163 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia