The Dash for Khartoum or, A
Tale of the Nile Expedition by G. A. Henty - book
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Rupert and Edgar Clinton, whose births get mixed up and
they are raised as if brothers by a well-off infantry captain. Edgar runs off
to the army thinking he is the adopted son and ends up as a trumpeter in a
regiment in Egypt bound for the relief of Gordon in Khartoum. Rupert, in the
meantime, has also joined the army and is in Egypt.
This exciting tale features two brothers, Rupert and Edgar Clinton, whose
births get mixed up and they are raised as if brothers by a well-off infantry
captain. Edgar runs off to the army thinking he is the adopted son and ends up
as a trumpeter in a regiment in Egypt bound for the relief of Gordon in
Khartoum. Rupert, in the meantime, has also joined the army and is in Egypt.
Edgar is in a flying column crossing the desert. He is soon after captured and
enslaved by a Kaffir and survives several perilous adventures. Rupert fights
the Mahdi's men from a steamer on the Nile as the rescue of Gordon precedes on
that front. Edgar escapes and is reunited with his brother.