Playing with Fire

About this eBook

Author

Grant, James, 1822-1887

Title

Playing with Fire: A Story of the Soudan War

Credits

Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Sudan -- Fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65773

Release Date

July 5, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PLAYING WITH FIRE — CHAPTER I. MERLWOOD. — CHAPTER II. HESTER MAULE. — CHAPTER III. KASHGATE—A RETROSPECT. — CHAPTER IV. PLAYING WITH FIRE. — CHAPTER V. THE COUSINS. — CHAPTER VI. ANNOT DRUMMOND. — CHAPTER VII. 'IS SHE NOT PASSING FAIR?' — CHAPTER VIII. 'IT WAS NO DREAM.' — CHAPTER IX. THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. — CHAPTER X. ROLAND'S HOME-COMING. — CHAPTER XI. A COLD RECEPTION. — CHAPTER XII. MAUDE. — CHAPTER XIII. ROLAND'S VEXATION. — CHAPTER XIV. MAUDE'S SECRET. — CHAPTER XV. MR. HAWKEY SHARPE SEEKS COUNSEL. — CHAPTER XVI. 'FOOL'S PARADISE.' — CHAPTER XVII. AT EARLSHAUGH. — CHAPTER XVIII. 'MY LOVE SHE'S BUT A LASSIE YET.' — CHAPTER XIX. HESTER RECEIVES A PROPOSAL. — CHAPTER XX. MR. SHARPE MAKES A MISTAKE. — CHAPTER XXI. MALCOLM SKENE. — CHAPTER XXII. A FATAL SHOT. — CHAPTER XXIII. THE CITY OF THE CALIPHS—OCTOBER IN THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS. — CHAPTER XXIV. JACK ELLIOT'S PERIL. — CHAPTER XXV. THE WILL. — CHAPTER XXVI. MOLOCH. — CHAPTER XXVII. ANNOT'S MISGIVINGS. — CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FIRST OF OCTOBER. — CHAPTER XXIX. ALARM AND ANXIETY. — CHAPTER XXX. — THE KELPIE'S CLEUGH. — CHAPTER XXXI. 'ALL OVER NOW!' — CHAPTER XXII. PELION ON OSSA. — CHAPTER XXXIII. A TANGLED SKEIN. — CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PRESENTIMENT. — CHAPTER XXXV. LOST IN THE DESERT. — CHAPTER XXXVI. ALONE! — CHAPTER XXXVII. THE FIRST QUARREL. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE CRISIS. — CHAPTER XXXIX. TURNING THE TABLES. — CHAPTER XL. THE NEW POSITION. — CHAPTER XLI. THE CAPTIVE. — CHAPTER XLII. THE ZEREBA OF SHEIKH MOUSSA. — CHAPTER XLIII. A MARRIAGE. — CHAPTER XLIV. THE TROOPSHIP. — CHAPTER XLV. THE DEATH WRESTLE. — CHAPTER XLVI. MAUDE'S VISITOR. — CHAPTER XLVII. THE RESULT. — CHAPTER XLVIII. 'INFIRM OF PURPOSE!' — CHAPTER XLIX. CHRISTMAS DAY IN CAMP AT KORTI. — CHAPTER L. THE START FOR KHARTOUM. — CHAPTER LI. THE MARCH IN THE DESERT. — CHAPTER LII. THE PRESENTIMENT FULFILLED. — CHAPTER LIII A HOMEWARD GLANCE. — CHAPTER LIV. THE LONG-SUSPENDED SWORD. — CHAPTER LV. WITH GENERAL EARLE's COLUMN. — CHAPTER LVI. THE BATTLE OF KIRBEKAN. — CHAPTER LVII. THE SICK CONVOY. — CHAPTER LVIII. IN THE SHOUBRAH GARDENS. — CHAPTER LIX. CONCLUSION.

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