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You will enjoy this book if you like Victorian adventure, regiment life, desert marches and real battles, and stories of brothers who stand by each other.
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What if two babies were mixed up in a cradle, and no one on earth could ever say which was which? In a cantonment at Agra in India, a sergeant's wife dresses two sleeping infants in the same gowns, and by morning the question has no answer.
The Dash for Khartoum is an adventure novel by G. A. Henty, the English author of stories for boys. In his preface he says the moral is plain: never act hastily, because regret is sure to follow. Around that lesson he builds a family drama, a school tale, a soldier's story and a desert war.
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- 1Two babies are mixed up in AgraFree
- 2The brothers grow up at Cheltenham
- 3A stranger tells Edgar he is not a son
- 4Edgar enlists as Trumpeter Smith
- 5Egypt, Suakim and the battle of El-Teb
- 6Gordon's call sends Edgar up the Nile
- 7The desert column fights its way to the river
- 8Muley, the white slave of the desert
- 9Rupert chooses to search the Soudan alone
- 10Haste, loyalty and the plain voice of the tale
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Two babies are mixed up in Agra
Jane Humphreys is clever and proud, and she rules her husband, a young sergeant, so smoothly that he never notices. Soon after her own son is born, she also nurses the baby of Mrs Clinton, wife of Captain Clinton, who is gravely ill. The two infants look as alike as two peas.
One evening she asks her husband whether the captain is rich. He says yes. She says that one of the babies will be a rich man, and she stops before saying what the other will be. Soon after, she tells the doctor and the captain that the babies are mixed up. The doctor suspects she did it on purpose, and so does her husband.
Captain Clinton decides to raise both boys as his own until a likeness shows which is his. The sergeant agrees and refuses any payment. The marriage sours, and Jane sails for England.
A single secret choice at the start sends two boys down very different roads.
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Questions about La Course vers Khartoum
What is The Dash for Khartoum about?
It follows two boys raised as brothers after a baby mix-up in India. One runs away, becomes a soldier and joins the British expedition to rescue General Gordon, while the other sets out to find him.
Is The Dash for Khartoum a true story?
The characters are invented, but the Nile Expedition, the battles of El-Teb, Abu Klea and Metemmeh, and General Gordon's siege are real events. Henty wrote it soon after they happened.
Who are Edgar and Rupert Clinton?
They are two boys raised together by Captain Clinton. Each might be his son or the sergeant's son, and nobody can ever tell which. Edgar enlists in the army and Rupert follows him.
What is the main message of the book?
Henty states it in his preface: never act hastily. He says that when you are in trouble, you should go to your best friends and tell them the whole truth.
Is The Dash for Khartoum easy to read?
Yes, the style is clear and direct. Short scenes, lively conversation and a steady line of adventure carry you from the school playing field to the barracks, the battlefield and the desert.
Cite this edition
Henty, G. A. The Dash for Khartoum. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-dash-for-khartoum.
Henty, G. A. (2026). The dash for Khartoum. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-dash-for-khartoum (Original work published 1892)
Henty, G. A. The Dash for Khartoum. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-dash-for-khartoum.
@book{henty2026dash,
author = {Henty, G. A.},
title = {The Dash for Khartoum},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-dash-for-khartoum},
note = {First published 1892}
}
