Tom Burnaby: A Story of Uganda and the Great Congo Forest

A young man travels to East and Central Africa to join his uncle's armed expedition against slave-raiders and to aid oppressed communities. The narrative follows the expedition's preparation, river and lake passages, long forest marches, encounters with hostile forces and forest inhabitants, sieges, ambushes, the raising and training of an improvised army, acts of treachery, and a climactic battle that both concludes the immediate conflict and suggests new beginnings for the characters. Action-driven scenes alternate with practical detail about travel and warfare, underscoring a recurring theme of chivalrous defence of the vulnerable.