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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.
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Rating★★★★ 4.1 (60)
Includes Goodreads
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
Table of contents
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
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