{"product_id":"2940013288980","title":"At Aboukir and Acre","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAP.                                Page\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I.  MAKING A FRIEND                 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II.  A BEDOUIN TRIBE                 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III.  LEFT BEHIND                     49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV.  THE BATTLE OF THE PYRAMIDS      66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V.  A STREET ATTACK                 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI.  THE RISING IN CAIRO            105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII.  SAVED                          122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII.  AN EGYPTIAN TOMB               142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX.  SIR SIDNEY SMITH               162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X.  A SEA-FIGHT                    182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI.  ACRE                           199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII.  A DESPERATE SIEGE              217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIII.  AN INDEPENDENT COMMAND         234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV.  A PIRATE HOLD                  251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XV.  CRUISING                       270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI.  A VISIT HOME                   287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVII.  ABERCROMBIE'S EXPEDITION       304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII.  THE BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA       322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIX.  QUIET AND REST                 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAKING A FRIEND.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo lads were standing in one of the bastions of a fort looking over the\u003cbr\u003esea. There were neither guards nor sentinels there. The guns stood on\u003cbr\u003etheir carriages, looking clean and ready for action, but this was not\u003cbr\u003ethe result of care and attention, but simply because in so dry a climate\u003cbr\u003eiron rusts but little. A close examination would have shown that the\u003cbr\u003ewooden carriages on which they stood were so cracked and warped by heat\u003cbr\u003ethat they would have fallen to pieces at the first discharge of the guns\u003cbr\u003ethey upheld. Piles of cannon-balls stood between the guns, half-covered\u003cbr\u003ewith the drifting sand, which formed slopes half-way up the walls of the\u003cbr\u003erange of barracks behind, and filled up the rooms on the lower floor.\u003cbr\u003eBehind rose the city of Alexandria, with its minarets and mosques, its\u003cbr\u003epalaces and its low mud-built huts. Seaward lay a fleet of noble ships\u003cbr\u003ewith their long lines of port-holes, their lofty masts, and network of\u003cbr\u003erigging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What do you think of it, Sidi?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is wonderful!\" his companion replied. \"How huge they are, what lines\u003cbr\u003eof cannon, what great masts, as tall and as straight as palm-trees!\u003cbr\u003eTruly you Franks know many things of which we in the desert are\u003cbr\u003eignorant. Think you that they could batter these forts to pieces?\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180024840432,"sku":"2940013288980","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013288980_p0.jpg?v=1763579276","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013288980","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}