Gordon: the Career of Gordon of Khartoum - Rilegato

Boulger, Demetrius Charles

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ISBN 10: 1846776783 ISBN 13: 9781846776786

Casa editrice: LEONAUR, 2009

Riassunto

A great British soldier

This is the biography of one of the most famous soldiers of the Victorian age-Major-General Charles Gordon. Certainly he is now known as Gordon of Khartoum, but highly regarded in his own life time, he was to many also Chinese Gordon and Gordon Pasha. Commissioned as a Royal Engineer, Gordon first saw action during the Crimean War taking part in the siege of Sebastopol, the assault on the Redan and the expedition to Kinburn. In 1860 the Second Opium War broke out in China and it was here and during the Taiping Rebellion that Gordon earned his reputation and the recognition that set him towards high military rank. But it was Africa where he achieved his greatest fame. Gordon was engaged in much vital and interesting service before he found himself behind the walls of Khartoum in an unequal struggle against the religious fervour of the Mahdist forces. This is a thorough account of the man and his times which will be of great interest to those who wish to learn more about Gordon than just his martyrdom in the Sudan.

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Book by Boulger Demetrius Charles

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• Editore: LEONAUR
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1846776783
• ISBN 13: 9781846776786
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 384