Victorian Tales 8 - Rescuing the Khedive. - Manuel Barreiros - Bog

"RESCUING THE KHEDIVE" IS THE SEQUEL OF THE TALE "THE KHEDIVE".THE FAKE KHEDIVE, RACHID, ESCAPED FROM JAIL AND TOOK THE POWER IN CAIRO, MAKING PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE REAL KHEDIVE WAS DEAD, WHEN IN REALITY, HE KEPT HIM PRISONER.IN FACT, RACHID, FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS OF THE MAHDI AND VON STERBEN (CROW) HAD THE INTENTION TO BLOCK THE SUEZ CANAL WITH DYNAMITE AND ASK FOR A BIG SUM TO THE ENGLISH TO RE-OPEN IT.SIR MORTIMER HUNTER, HIS DAUGHTER MOIRA AND, SIDNEY OREBAR, THE BEST BRITISH AGENT, WENT TO EGYPT TO FIGHT THEM AND THEIR PLANS. THEY CONTACTED THE DAUGHTER OF THE KHEDIVE, LIA, AND, EVENTUALLY, LIBERATED THE KHEDIVE FROM PRISON. A GREAT STORY AND A GREAT ADVENTURE.