The Road to Khartoum: A Life of General Charles Gordon
By Charles Chenix Trench
Published By W. W. Norton and Company
Year Published 1978
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author has constructed a splendidly researched portrait of a many faceted man. General Charles “Boxer” Gordon most fulfilled the expectations of the Victorian English public. He traveled and adventured in distant lands, was brave to a fault, he was religious, and he died a martyr’s death at Khartoum in the Sudan in 1884 when the city and garrison were overrun by the Moslem followers of the Moslem prophet called the Mahdi.
Notes - Bookplate on inside cover and discoloration on flyleaf.
By Charles Chenix Trench
Published By W. W. Norton and Company
Year Published 1978
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author has constructed a splendidly researched portrait of a many faceted man. General Charles “Boxer” Gordon most fulfilled the expectations of the Victorian English public. He traveled and adventured in distant lands, was brave to a fault, he was religious, and he died a martyr’s death at Khartoum in the Sudan in 1884 when the city and garrison were overrun by the Moslem followers of the Moslem prophet called the Mahdi.
Notes - Bookplate on inside cover and discoloration on flyleaf.
By Charles Chenix Trench
Published By W. W. Norton and Company
Year Published 1978
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author has constructed a splendidly researched portrait of a many faceted man. General Charles “Boxer” Gordon most fulfilled the expectations of the Victorian English public. He traveled and adventured in distant lands, was brave to a fault, he was religious, and he died a martyr’s death at Khartoum in the Sudan in 1884 when the city and garrison were overrun by the Moslem followers of the Moslem prophet called the Mahdi.
Notes - Bookplate on inside cover and discoloration on flyleaf.
