Gordon : Victorian hero / C. Brad Faught

Author: Faught, C. Brad
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2008]
Copyright Date: ©2008
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 117 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

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Military profiles

Language Note

English.

Contents

To the army born : Woolwich and Wales -- Crimea and beyond : youthful soldiering and surveying -- China : to wear the yellow jacket -- The years between : Gravesend and Galatz -- Sudan I : exploration, slavery, and abolition -- A roving commission -- Sudan II : death in the desert.

Summary

Details the life of an important British figure whose demise by the hands of a Muslim extremist contains relevance today.

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ISBN

9781612340616 (electronic bk.)
161234061X (electronic bk.)
9781597971447
1597971448
9781597971454
1597971456

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-107) and index.

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