Blue Lights

By Robert Michael Ballantyne

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Length10h 17m

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"Blue Lights" tells the story of Miles Milton, a prodigal that struggles with authority, and, like the prodigal son in Scripture, must learn the lessons of life the hard way. Through a series of events, he joins the British army... Robert Michael Ballantyne was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books, and "Blue Lights" is one of his best novels.

Coming of Age Journey War & Battle Survival Found Family Redemption Hero Grief

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GenreAction and Adventure, Literary Classics, General Fiction

Length10 hrs 17 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateSep 16, 2019

LanguageEnglish

1Chapter One. The False Step

2Chapter Two. Shows Some Of The Consequences Of The False Step, And Introduces The Reader To Peculiar Company

3Chapter Three. The “Sailors’ Welcome”—Miles Has A Night Of It And Enlists—His Friend Armstrong Has An Agreeable Surprise At The Soldiers’ Institute

4Chapter Four. The Embarkation Jetty—And Nipped In The Bud

5Chapter Five. Difficulties Met And Overcome

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6Chapter Six. The Unfinished Letter—Too Late!

7Chapter Seven. Miles Begins To Discover Himself—Has A Few Rough Experiences—And Falls Into Pea-Soup, Salt-Water, And Love

8Chapter Eight. Has Reference To Many Things Connected With Mind, Matter, And Affections

9Chapter Nine. Our Hero Meets A Friend Unexpectedly In Peculiar Circumstances, And Has A Very Strange Encounter

10Chapter Ten. Off To The Wars

11Chapter Eleven. New And Sad Mingled With Curious Experiences

12Chapter Twelve. In Action At Last

13Chapter Thirteen. Tells Of Some Of The Trials, Uncertainties, Dangers, And Disasters Of War

14Chapter Fourteen. Describes Some Of Osman Digna’s Eccentricities And Other Matters

15Chapter Fifteen. Athletics—A New Acquaintance Turns Up—An Expedition Undertaken, Followed By A Race For Life

16Chapter Sixteen. Letters From Home—Flynn Is Exalted And Brought Low—Rumours Of War In The Air

17Chapter Seventeen. The Expedition—Enemy Reported—Miles In A Dilemma

18Chapter Eighteen. Wherein Are Described An Assault, A Furious Fight, And Some Strange Personal Encounters

19Chapter Nineteen. Refers To Sergeant Hardy, Amytoor-Lawyer Sutherland, And Other Matters

20Chapter Twenty. Old Friends In New Aspects

21Chapter Twenty One. Shows How The Lady Of The Institute Discourses To The Sergeant, How Jack-Tars Go Out On The Spree, And How Music Conquers Warriors

22Chapter Twenty Two. Led Into Captivity

23Chapter Twenty Three. Shows That Suffering Tends To Draw Out Sympathy

24Chapter Twenty Four. Adventures Among The Soudanese, And Strange Meeting With The Mahdi

25Chapter Twenty Five. Miles Is Promoted—Molloy Overthrows The Mahdi, And Is Elevated For So Doing

26Chapter Twenty Six. Cruel Treatment—Despair Followed By Hope And A Joyful Discovery

27Chapter Twenty Seven. In Which Hopes And Fears Rise And Fall

28Chapter Twenty Eight. A Horrible Situation

29Chapter Twenty Nine. Describes A Few Meetings And Several Surprises

30Chapter Thirty. Conclusion