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Title: Young Carthaginian
Subtitle: A Story of the Times of Hannibal
Author: George Alfred Henty
Narrator: Jim Hodges
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-06-17
Publisher: Jim Hodges Productions
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting and edifying audio recordings.
The Young Carthaginian chronicles the struggle of the Second Punic War (218-203 BC) and the attempt of Hannibal to conquer Rome. At first, the struggle of Carthage against Rome was a struggle for empire, but it became a struggle for existence. Hannibal presses on despite formidable geographical barriers and the corrupt leadership in Carthage which time and again undermined all his efforts. Malchus, Hannibal's cousin, participates in many historic battles and has his own adventures, finally settling in Gaul with his new bride.
The Henty Historical Novel Collection, written by George Henty in the 1800s, covers many time periods in history throughout the world. In this collection, you will learn history, geography, and vocabulary while also discovering hero characters for your children to emulate.
Members Reviews:
it is a great way to get up close and personal with a ...
As always, Henty uses a model youth to teach history in a factual, but engaging manner. His fault is mainly that his sentences can be lengthy with many clauses, but for our homeschool, it is a great way to get up close and personal with a particular time in history. Definitely not for elementary students, but with a few vocabulary explanations, my early teens are doing well with Henty.
A 19th Century take on the Second Punic War
Novelist and war correspondent, George Alfred Henty was born in England in 1832 and died in 1902. He wrote dozens of novels intended to be read by adolescents and young adults. The young Carthaginian, written in 1887 is the story of Malchus, a kinsman of Hannibal, whose father, Hamilcar, is a Carthaginian general closely allied with Hannibal. Malchus, aged 15 when the novel begins, has been trained since early childhood to be a soldier. He and his father accompany Hannibal across the Alps and into Italy, where the father serves as a general and Malchus serves as commander to a troop of Numidians.
Henty, as may be expected, writes in 19th century style and displays the political attitudes and prejudices of his time and class. The book is heavy on the history, which, for the most part, closely follows Livy and Polybius. Malchus, however, experiences a long string of harrowing adventures and narrow escapes, relying both on his own cleverness and the loyalty of several of his companions to extricate him from seemingly impossible situations.
While Henty is sympathetic to Malchus and to Hannibal, he makes it no secret that he has no liking for Carthage and its very corrupt civilization and is well satisfied that Rome ultimately won the struggle.
It was interesting to me to compare a 19th century take on the Second Punic war with accounts written in the past 20 years. I think that historical fiction aficionados will enjoy this book as will anyone who enjoys reading adventure stories.
This one is more historical than fictional
While it started out slow, the book picked up pace about half way through. There was also substantially more history in this book than telling of a fictional story. As a history buff, I didn't mind in the least. But others looking for a compelling story might be a bit bored.
what a great story!
Having before read severel other books authered by G.A.
