The dash for Khartoum
Subtitle: a tale of the Nile expedition.
By: With 10 page illus. by Joseph Nash and John Schönberg.
Publisher: Blackie
Published: 1892
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Africa -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: 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.