Through Russian Snows: A Story of Napoleon's Retreat From Moscow.

HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].

Through Russian Snows: A Story of Napoleon's Retreat From Moscow.

"BARBAROUSLY AS THE FRENCH ARMY BEHAVED ON ITS ADVANCE TO SMOLENSK, THINGS WERE EVEN WORSE AS THEY LEFT THE RUINED TOWN BEHIND THEM": FIRST EDITION OF GEORGE ALFRED HENTY'S THROUGH RUSSIAN SNOWS: A STORY OF NAPOLEON'S RETREAT FROM MOSCOW

London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1896.

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First edition of Henty’s classic historical adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by W. H. Overned and a map. In good condition.

Prolific English novelist and war correspondent George Alfred Henty is best known for his historical adventure stories that were very popular and commercially successful in the late 19th century. Henty wrote 122 works of historical fiction throughout his career, including The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885) and was considered the most popular boy's author of his day. His publisher, Blackie and Son, estimated in February 1952 that they were producing nearly 150,000 Henty books a year at the height of his popularity, and stated that their records showed they had produced over three and a half million Henty books to date (Feather, The Age of the Novel, 2006).