The Young Carthaginian

G. A. Henty was born in Trumpington near Cambridge but spent some of his childhood in Canterbury. He was a sickly child who had to spend long periods in bed.[note 1] During his frequent illnesses he became an avid reader and developed a wide range of interests which he carried into adulthood. He attended Westminster School London as a half-boarder when he was fourteen: 2  and later Gonville and Caius College Cambridge where he was a keen sportsman.