In Clive's Command

About this eBook

Author

Strang, Herbert

Title

In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India

Credits

E-text prepared by Martin Robb

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774 -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16382

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16382

Release Date

July 29, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.In Clive's Command
2. 2.by Herbert Strang
3. 3.Preface
4. 4.Chapter 1 : In which the Court Leet of Market Drayton entertains Colonel Robert Clive; and our hero makes an acquaintance.
5. 5.Chapter 2 : In which our hero overhears a conversation; and, meeting with the unexpected, is none the less surprised and offended.
6. 6.Chapter 3 : In which Mr. Marmaduke Diggle talks of the Golden East; and our hero interrupts an interview, and dreams dreams.
7. 7.Chapter 4 : In which blows are exchanged; and our hero, setting forth upon his travels, scents an adventure.
8. 8.Chapter 5 : In which Job Grinsell explains; and three visitors come by night to the Four Alls.
9. 9.Chapter 6 : In which the reader becomes acquainted with William Bulger and other sailor men; and our hero as a squire of dames acquits himself with credit.
10. 10.Chapter 7 : In which Colonel Clive suffers an unrecorded defeat; and our hero finds food for reflection.
11. 11.Chapter 8 : In which several weeks are supposed to elapse; and our hero is discovered in the Doldrums.
12. 12.Chapter 9 : In which the Good Intent makes a running fight: Mr. Toley makes a suggestion.
13. 13.Chapter 10 : In which our hero arrives in the Golden East, and Mr. Diggle presents him to a native prince.
14. 14.Chapter 11 : In which the Babu tells the story of King Vikramaditya; and the discerning reader may find more than appears on the surface.
15. 15.Chapter 12 : In which our hero is offered freedom at the price of honor; and Mr. Diggle finds that others can quote Latin on occasion.
16. 16.Chapter 13 : In which Mr. Diggle illustrates his argument; and there are strange doings in Gheria harbor.
17. 17.Chapter 14 : In which seven bold men light a big bonfire; and the Pirate finds our hero a bad bargain.
18. 18.Chapter 15 : In which our hero weathers a storm; and prepares for squalls.
19. 19.Chapter 16 : In which a mutiny is quelled in a minute; and our Babu proves himself a man of war.
20. 20.Chapter 17 : In which our hero finds himself among friends; and Colonel Clive prepares to astonish Angria.
21. 21.Chapter 18 : In which Angria is astonished; and our hero begins to pay off old scores.
22. 22.Chapter 19 : In which the scene changes; the dramatis personae remaining the same.
23. 23.Chapter 20 : In which there are recognitions and explanations; and our hero meets one Coja Solomon, of Cossimbazar.
24. 24.Chapter 21 : In which Coja Solomon finds dishonesty the worse policy; and a journey down the Hugli little to his liking.
25. 25.Chapter 22 : In which is given a full, true, and particular account of the Battle of the Carts.
26. 26.Chapter 23 : In which there are many moving events; and our hero finds himself a cadet of John Company.
27. 27.Chapter 24 : In which the danger of judging by appearance is notably exemplified.
28. 28.Chapter 25 : In which our hero embarks on a hazardous mission; and Monsieur Sinfray's khansaman makes a confession.
29. 29.Chapter 26 : In which presence of mind is shown to be next best to absence of body.
30. 30.Chapter 27 : In which an officer of the Nawab disappears; and Bulger reappears.
31. 31.Chapter 28 : In which Captain Barker has cause to rue the day when he met Mr. Diggle; and our hero continues to wipe off old scores.
32. 32.Chapter 29 : In which our hero does not win the Battle of Plassey: but, where all do well, gains as much glory as the rest.
33. 33.Chapter 30 : In which Coja Solomon reappears: and gives our hero valuable information.
34. 34.Chapter 31 : In which friends meet, and part: and our hero hints a proposal.
35. 35.Chapter 32 : In which the curtain falls to the sound of wedding bells: and our hero comes to his own.

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