At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt
At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt
Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 brought the world's most fearsome army to the shores of Alexandria, and young Edgar Blagrove found himself caught between empires. Raised in Egypt by his British merchant father, Edgar possesses a rare gift: he thinks like both cultures. When he saves the life of a tribal chief's son, he's welcomed into the desert world of his friend Sidi Ben Ouafy, earning a place among men who know the sand as well as any general knows his maps. From the cataclysmic naval battle of Aboukir to the desperate defense of Acre, Edgar witnesses history unfold firsthand, his fists as ready as his wit for the dangers that closing in. Henty constructs a boy's-eye-view of empire, where loyalty is complicated and courage means choosing sides in a war that will shape the modern Middle East. The battles are vivid, the friendships are fierce, and the colonial encounter is rendered with the complexity its era could manage. For readers who grew up on adventure stories and never quite stopped craving them: this is the real thing, unspooling across ancient sands.
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“Yes, sir; no orders were given to me about them, and I knew that I might be relieved any day. I think I have had three bottles of brandy. I used to take a tot every night, thinking that there could be no harm in that." "No harm at all," Wilkinson said. "I suppose properly, under ordinary circumstances, the stores should have been handed over at once to the Tigre; but as no orders were given about it, I think you were perfectly right in taking toll, though I don't know that it would have been justified by the regulations. However, certainly I shall risk it myself." "Of course, sir, as commander of the ship, it is a different thing altogether. I was only put here to look after the men working the guns." For some hours the crew were hard at work lowering down the stores into the hold, packing the ammunition in the magazine, hoisting up the two eighteen-pounders and their carriages, and getting them into position. At half-past three a boat was sent ashore, and returned with the two Turks and a quantity of provisions. The carcases of three sheep were handed over to the crew, with the greater portion of the vegetables, one sheep being kept for the use of the cabin and””
— G. A. Henty
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