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When boys were boys
From: The Spectator
Date: 20030329
Author:Hastings, Max
Max Hastings finds comfort in
G.A. Henty, the Victorian writer of schoolboy
thrillers and object of fastidious sneering
Many people are suffering a surfeit of reality this week. They turn away in disgust from the television after hours of bombardment from frowning presenters of both sexes, keeping score of the Iraq war with the breathless solemnity normally reserved for a Premier League football match.
Let me propose an antidote. Settle down for some blissful opiate hours with the works of Mr GA. Henty, Victorian master of schoolboy thrillers. Over the past few weeks, after an interval of ...
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