The Young Carthaginian

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George Alfred Henty. The Young Carthaginian

The Young Carthaginian

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PREFACE

I. — THE CAMP IN THE DESERT

II. — A NIGHT ATTACK

III. — CARTHAGE

IV. — A POPULAR RISING

V. — THE CONSPIRACY

VI. — A CAMPAIGN IN SPAIN

VII. — A WOLF HUNT

VIII. — A PLOT FRUSTRATED

IX. — THE SIEGE OF SAGUNTUM

X. — BESET

XI. — THE PASSAGE OF THE RHONE

XII. — AMONG THE PASSES

XIII. — THE BATTLE OF THE TREBIA

XIV. — THE BATTLE OF LAKE TRASIMENE

XV. — A MOUNTAIN TRIBE

XVI. — IN THE DUNGEONS OF CARTHAGE

a name="ch17" id="ch17">XVII. — THE ESCAPE

XVIII. — CANNAE

XIX. — IN THE MINES

XX. — THE SARDINIAN FORESTS

XXI. — THE GAULISH SLAVE

XXII. — THE LION

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George Alfred Henty

Published by Good Press, 2022

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With the impetuosity of youth Malchus naturally inclined rather to the aspirations of his kinsman Giscon than to the more sober counsels of his father. He had burned with shame and anger as he heard the tale of the disasters which had befallen his country, because she had made money her god, had suffered her army and her navy to be regarded as secondary objects, and had permitted the command of the sea to be wrested from her by her wiser and more far seeing rival.

As evening closed in the stir in the neighbouring camp aroused Malchus from his thoughts, and the anticipation of the lion hunt, in which he was about to take part, again became foremost.

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