num_pages: 320
description: Enduring and irresistible, these stories of battles great and small are among the timeless standouts of the genre. From Winston Churchill's dramatic escape from captivity during the Boer War, to Napoleon facing Wellington at Waterloo, to Francis Parkman's account of the fall of Fort William Henry on the American frontier, these are the stories that quicken the pulse and move the heart.Included, among others, The Man Without a Country by Edward Everett Hale--The Return of a Private by Hamlin Garland--The Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar--Ball-of-Fat by Guy De MaupassantThe Drums of the Fore and Aft by Rudyard Kipling--An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce--Mr. Standfast by John Buchan--Through the Wheat by James BoydThe Battle of Borodino by Leo Tolstoy--Capture and Escape by Winston S. ChurchillFort William Henry by Francis Parkman--The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle--The Charge of the Light Brigade by Tennyson--The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava by Tennyson--Waterloo by Victor Hugo--The Private History of a Campaign That Failed by Mark Twain--Gettysburg by General James Longstreet--The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen CraneHere, in one volume, is the experience of war brought to the reader with all the force and feeling great prose can achieve.
language: English
title: Classic War Stories: Fourteen Thrilling Tales from the Battlefield
titlecomplete: Classic War Stories: Fourteen Thrilling Tales from the Battlefield (Classic)
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Lyons Pr