Description
Product ID: | 9780140258554 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Khartoum |
Subtitle: | The Ultimate Imperial Adventure |
Authors: | Author: Michael Asher |
Page Count: | 512 |
Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The British campaign in the Sudan in Queen Victoria's reign is an epic tale of adventure. Sent to evacuate the country, British hero General Gordon was murdered in Khartoum by an army of dervishes led by the Mahdi. This work presents an account that sheds light on this tale of honour, courage, revenge and savagery of late Victorian times. The British campaign in the Sudan in Queen Victoria''s reign is an epic tale of adventure more thrilling than any fiction. The story begins with the massacre of the 11,000 strong Hicks Pasha column in 1883. Sent to evacuate the country, British hero General Gordon was surrounded and murdered in Khartoum by an army of dervishes led by the Mahdi. The relief mission arrived 2 days too late. The result was a national scandal that shocked the Queen and led to the fall of the British government. |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2006-11-02 |