With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman

by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman" by G. A. Henty is an adventure novel published in 1902. Set during the Mahdist War, the story follows young Gregory Hartley as he joins Lord Kitchener's military expedition into the Soudan. Serving as an interpreter, Gregory searches for his missing father while enduring the dangers of battle against Dervish forces. A mysterious tin box left by his late mother holds secrets about his true identity, to be revealed only when his father's fate is certain.