The dash for Khartoum

Shamed by his mother's scheme to use him for financial gain from a wealthy colonel, Edgar joins the British cavalry, soon to become part of the ill-fated Nile Expedition. In Africa, Edgar is kidnapped by an Arab chieftain, and his brother Rupert, who has become part of the Expedition, sets out to search for him.

First sentence: In a room in the married non-commissioned officers' quarters in the cantonments at Agra, a young woman was sitting looking thoughtfully at two infants who lay sleeping together on the outside of a bed with a shawl thrown lightly over them.

Year

1891

Language

English

Publisher

Preston-Speed Publications

Editions

33

Pages

396

ISBN

9781887159401

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