Military History - Political & Biographies - Gordon of Khartoum
Collection
Political & Biographies -
Gordon of Khartoum Collection
A
selection of works on the life & military achievements of General Charles
George Gordon, Victorian hero who gave his life in January, 1885 defending
Khartoum from the Dervish Rebellion
Listed by Author & Title -
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| GENERAL GORDON by Richard Garrett The life of General Charles George Gordon of Khartoum, the essence of the Christian Victorian hero. This is the story of his youth, the Chinese puzzle, his years as an administrator, and the end at Khartoum at the hands of the Mahdi's Dervishes.1974, Book Club Associates, Book Club edition, ,< J-02>,240pp, 11 ills, 2 maps, bibliography, index, Fine in red boards - no d/w, , Subject...Political & Biographies - Gordon of Khartoum CollectionWeb No. 28684-03..............................£8.00 |
| GENERAL GORDON by Richard Garrett The life of General Charles George Gordon of Khartoum, the essence of the Christian Victorian hero. This is the story of his youth, the Chinese puzzle, his years as an administrator, and the end at Khartoum at the hands of the Mahdi's Dervishes.1974, Book Club Associates, , ,< J-02>,240pp, 11 ills, 2 maps, bibliography, index, Vg in rubbed dw, , Subject...Political & Biographies - Gordon of Khartoum CollectionWeb No. 28684-02..............................£10.00 |
| NEVER TO BE TAKEN ALIVE by Roy MacGregor-Hastie General Charles George Gordon, 1833-1885, was a Victorian hero. This is an account of the extraordinary life of "Chinese" Gordon, Gordon of Khartoum - a patriot who spent most of his life in the service of foreign powers. A devout Christian, he was eccentric in behaviour and lifestyle. He served in the Crimea, China and the Sudan, where he met his spectacular death at Khartoum at the hands of the Mahdi's Dervishes.1985, Sidgwick and Jackson, , 0283991844,< J-02>,xii + 194pp, 19 illustrations, Fine in d/w, , Subject...Political & Biographies - Gordon of Khartoum CollectionWeb No. 10885-03..............................£6.00 |
| GORDON: MARTYR AND MISFIT by Anthony Nutting Using Gordon's journal and his letters to his sister Augusta the author whilst recounting Gordon's life helps us to understand his single-mindedness, his contrariness and disdain of material rewards which he had to reconcile with an overriding ambition to influence and succeed.1967, Reprint Society, , ,< J-02>,286pp, vg in rubbed dw with darkened spine., , Subject...Political & Biographies - Gordon of Khartoum CollectionWeb No. 33618-01..............................£6.00 |
| ENGLAND'S PRIDE by Julian Symons The story of the Gordon Relief Expedition to the Sudan under the command of General Wolseley. Gordon was an egocentric and consistently underestimated the power of the Mahdi. The expedition to rescue him was subject to much political delay. But could it have arrived in time? Did Wolseley choose the right route? Why did the expedition fail?1965, Hamish Hamilton, , ,< J-02>,xi + 299pp, 18 ills, 3 maps - inc fold-out, Ex-library, but a good, clean copy, , Subject...Political & Biographies - Gordon of Khartoum CollectionWeb No. 18307-03..............................£10.00 |
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