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A Soldier's Daughter, and Other Stories

by G. A. Henty

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateAdventureHistorical12 chapters
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Length
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About this book

On the turbulent North-West frontier of India, a soldier’s daughter grapples with the stark contrast between her tomboy life in the barracks and the refined expectations awaiting her back in England, all while unrest brews around her.

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Contents

12 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02ILLUSTRATIONS
03CHAPTER I A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION
04CHAPTER II ATTACKED
05CHAPTER III HARD PRESSED
06CHAPTER IV PRISONERS
07CHAPTER V ESCAPED
08CHAPTER VI ROUGH TRAVELLING
09CHAPTER VII A SKIRMISH
10CHAPTER VIII DARLINGER AGAIN
11HOW COUNT CONRAD VON WALDENSTURM TOOK GOLDSTEIN
12A RAID BY THE BLACKS A STORY OF AN OUTLYING STATION

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