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1885 General Charles Gordon Britain Military Sudan

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1885 General Charles Gordon Britain Military Sudan Khartoum AFRICA Mahdist War

Charles George Gordon was a 19th-century British Army officer who gained his famed reputation in China during the Taiping Rebellion. He was also sent to Sudan during the Mahdist War to help rescue British soldiers. It was there in Khartoum that he died. While in Khartoum, he kept a journal describing the events of the Sudanese revolt and the Mahdist War. The book ‘General Gordon’ is the biography of the life of Charles Gordon. The biography was written for a younger audience to highlight the Christian character of Charles Gordon.

This 19th century edition is bound in a red cloth illustrated cover.

Item number: #10741

Price: $399

HOPE, Eva

General Gordon the Christian Hero

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell., 1885.

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Collation: Complete with all pages

[vi], 374p, [2]

Frontispiece illustration General Gordon

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Size: ~7.25in X 5in (18cm x 12.5cm)

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