Siege of Khartoum
By: John Wilcox
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780750531597
Subjects: Fiction; Large type books; Charles George Gordon (Fictitious character); Simon Fonthill (Fictitious character); History
Description: Can one man stop a massacre? It's 1884 and the eyes of the world are on Khartoum. General Gordon, hero of Queen Victoria's Empire, is under siege from hordes of Dervish warriors loyal to the Mahdi, the Sudanese warlord and Messiah. With just a few thousand men and diminishing supplies, Gordon fears Khartoum will fall. Ex-captain and army scout Simon Fonthill is summoned to Cairo. The army needs someone to make contact with Gordon ahead of the relief force. Fonthill knows failure could mean instant death, or slow torture at the hands of the Mahdi's disciples, but soon he and his comrade '352' Jenkins are crossing the Nile.
Notes: Adult.