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Blue Lights: Hot Work in the Sudan

English· 09:11:17· 30 chapters

This book tells the tale of Miles Milton, a runaway from home who enlists as a soldier and fights in the British campaign in the Sudan. (Summary by Grace Silvey)

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Chapters

Chapter 1
The False Step
22:47
Chapter 2
Shows some of the Consequences of the False Step, and introduces the Reader to Peculiar Company
25:37
Chapter 3
The “Sailors’ Welcome”—Miles has a Night of it and Enlists—His Friend Armstrong has an Agreeable Surprise at the Soldiers’ Institute
29:45
Chapter 4
The Embarkation Jetty—And Nipped in the Bud
30:24
Chapter 5
Difficulties met and overcome
18:47
Chapter 6
The Unfinished Letter—Too Late!
12:04
Chapter 7
Miles begins to discover himself—Has a few Rough Experiences—And falls into Pea-Soup, Salt-Water, and Love
24:11
Chapter 8
Has Reference to many Things connected with Mind, Matter, and Affections
16:54
Chapter 9
Our Hero meets a Friend unexpectedly in Peculiar Circumstances, and has a very Strange Encounter
21:19
Chapter 10
Off to the Wars
10:31
Chapter 11
New and Sad mingled with Curious Experiences
07:11
Chapter 12
In Action at last
13:05
Chapter 13
Tells of some of the Trials, Uncertainties, Dangers, and Disasters of War
13:31
Chapter 14
Describes some of Osman Digna’s Eccentricities and Other Matters
13:05
Chapter 15
Athletics—A New Acquaintance turns up—An Expedition undertaken, followed by a Race for Life
16:05
Chapter 16
Letters from Home—Flynn is Exalted and brought Low—Rumours of War in the Air
14:43
Chapter 17
The Expedition—Enemy reported—Miles in a Dilemma
17:25
Chapter 18
Wherein are described an Assault, a Furious Fight, and some Strange Personal Encounters
17:03
Chapter 19
Refers to Sergeant Hardy, Amytoor-Lawyer Sutherland, and other Matters
16:42
Chapter 20
Old Friends in New Aspects
19:28
Chapter 21
Shows how the Lady of the Institute discourses to the Sergeant, how Jack-Tars go out on the Spree, and how Music Conquers Warriors
15:10
Chapter 22
Led into Captivity
20:03
Chapter 23
Shows that Suffering tends to draw out Sympathy
17:39
Chapter 24
Adventures among the Soudanese, and Strange Meeting with the Mahdi
20:45
Chapter 25
Miles is promoted—Molloy overthrows the Mahdi, and is elevated for so doing
16:19
Chapter 26
Cruel Treatment—Despair Followed by Hope and a Joyful Discovery
23:58
Chapter 27
In which Hopes and Fears rise and fall
15:51
Chapter 28
A Horrible Situation
19:25
Chapter 29
Describes a few Meetings and several Surprises
16:22
Chapter 30
Conclusion
25:08

Blue Lights: Hot Work in the Sudan

Chapters

The False Step

Shows some of the Consequences of the False Step, and introduces the Reader to Peculiar Company

The “Sailors’ Welcome”—Miles has a Night of it and Enlists—His Friend Armstrong has an Agreeable Surprise at the Soldiers’ Institute

The Embarkation Jetty—And Nipped in the Bud

Difficulties met and overcome

The Unfinished Letter—Too Late!

Miles begins to discover himself—Has a few Rough Experiences—And falls into Pea-Soup, Salt-Water, and Love

Has Reference to many Things connected with Mind, Matter, and Affections

Our Hero meets a Friend unexpectedly in Peculiar Circumstances, and has a very Strange Encounter

Off to the Wars

New and Sad mingled with Curious Experiences

In Action at last

Tells of some of the Trials, Uncertainties, Dangers, and Disasters of War

Describes some of Osman Digna’s Eccentricities and Other Matters

Athletics—A New Acquaintance turns up—An Expedition undertaken, followed by a Race for Life

Letters from Home—Flynn is Exalted and brought Low—Rumours of War in the Air

The Expedition—Enemy reported—Miles in a Dilemma

Wherein are described an Assault, a Furious Fight, and some Strange Personal Encounters

Refers to Sergeant Hardy, Amytoor-Lawyer Sutherland, and other Matters

Old Friends in New Aspects

Shows how the Lady of the Institute discourses to the Sergeant, how Jack-Tars go out on the Spree, and how Music Conquers Warriors

Led into Captivity

Shows that Suffering tends to draw out Sympathy

Adventures among the Soudanese, and Strange Meeting with the Mahdi

Miles is promoted—Molloy overthrows the Mahdi, and is elevated for so doing

Cruel Treatment—Despair Followed by Hope and a Joyful Discovery

In which Hopes and Fears rise and fall

A Horrible Situation

Describes a few Meetings and several Surprises

Conclusion