When British Lieutenant Feversham resigns his commission rather than fight in the 1882 Sudan war, his army pals present him with the four white feathers of cowardice.

In 1882, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the insurgent Arab tribes, British Lieutenant Feversham resigns his officer's commission in order to remain with his fiancée Ethne in England. His fellow officers and his fiancée brand him a coward and present him with the white feathers of cowardice. Lieutenant Feversham decides to regain his honour by fighting in the Sudan incognito. He travels to the Sudan where he employs various guises to save, one by one, the lives of his former fellow officers who branded him a coward back in England. In his exploits he is aided by Abou Fatma, a sympathetic Arab.—nufs68

The son of a general, much is expected of Harry Feversham. However, on the eve of his regiment going to the war in the Sudan, he resigns his commission. Three of his fellow officers and his fiancée each present him with a white feather, a symbol of cowardice. Distraught at this turn of events, Feversham sets off to Sudan to restore his honour.—grantss

Harry Feversham comes from a British military family. His father, a general, expects him to become an Army officer. It is 1898 and is a Lieutenant in good standing and engaged to the lovely Ethne, a general's daughter. Harry resigns his commission even after hearing the news that his regiment has been called up for service in the Sudan War. Three of his brother officers present him with a white feather of cowardice and a fourth added by Ethne. Can Harry prove he is not a coward?—spotter-2