{"product_id":"2940013090217","title":"THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTALES OF ADVENTURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI DÉBUT OF BIMBASHI JOYCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII THE SURGEON OF GASTER FELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII BORROWED SCENES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV THE GREAT BROWN-PERICORD MOTOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI THE SEALED ROOM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTALES OF MEDICAL LIFE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII A PHYSIOLOGIST'S WIFE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII BEHIND THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX HIS FIRST OPERATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX THE THIRD GENERATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI THE CURSE OF EVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII A MEDICAL DOCUMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII THE SURGEON TALKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV THE DOCTORS OF HOYLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXV CRABBE'S PRACTICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTALES OF ADVENTURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DÉBUT OF BIMBASHI JOYCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was in the days when the tide of Mahdism, which had swept in such a\u003cbr\u003eflood from the great Lakes and Darfur to the confines of Egypt, had at\u003cbr\u003elast come to its full, and even begun, as some hoped, to show signs of a\u003cbr\u003eturn. At its outset it had been terrible. It had engulfed Hicks's army,\u003cbr\u003eswept over Gordon and Khartoum, rolled behind the British forces as they\u003cbr\u003eretired down the river, and finally cast up a spray of raiding parties\u003cbr\u003eas far north as Assouan. Then it found other channels to east and to\u003cbr\u003ewest, to Central Africa and to Abyssinia, and retired a little on the\u003cbr\u003eside of Egypt. For ten years there ensued a lull, during which the\u003cbr\u003efrontier garrisons looked out upon those distant blue hills of Dongola.\u003cbr\u003eBehind the violet mists which draped them, lay a land of blood and\u003cbr\u003ehorror. From time to time some adventurer went south towards those\u003cbr\u003ehaze-girt mountains, tempted by stories of gum and ivory, but none ever\u003cbr\u003ereturned. Once a mutilated Egyptian and once a Greek woman, mad with\u003cbr\u003ethirst and fear, made their way to the lines. They were the only exports\u003cbr\u003eof that country of darkness. Sometimes the sunset would turn those\u003cbr\u003edistant mists into a bank of crimson, and the dark mountains would rise\u003cbr\u003efrom that sinister reek like islands in a sea of blood. It seemed a grim\u003cbr\u003esymbol in the southern heaven when seen from the fort-capped hills by\u003cbr\u003eWady Halfa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen years of lust in Khartoum, ten years of silent work in Cairo, and\u003cbr\u003ethen all was ready, and it was time for civilisation to take a trip\u003cbr\u003esouth once more, travelling, as her wont is, in an armoured train.\u003cbr\u003eEverything was ready, down to the last pack-saddle of the last camel,\u003cbr\u003eand yet no one suspected it, for an unconstitutional Government has its\u003cbr\u003eadvantages. A great administrator had argued, and managed, and cajoled;\u003cbr\u003ea great soldier had organised and planned, and made piastres do the work\u003cbr\u003eof pounds. And then one night these two master spirits met and clasped\u003cbr\u003ehands, and the soldier vanished away upon some business of his own. And\u003cbr\u003ejust at that very time Bimbashi Hilary Joyce, seconded from the Royal\u003cbr\u003eMallow Fusiliers, and temporarily attached to the Ninth Soudanese, made\u003cbr\u003ehis first appearance in Cairo.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082179985648,"sku":"2940013090217","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013090217_p0.jpg?v=1763576642","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013090217","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}