Gordon
Subtitle: Victorian hero
By: C. Brad Faught.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Military profiles
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9781597971447; 9781597971454
Subjects: Gordon, Charles George, -- 1833-1885; Great Britain. -- Army -- Biography; Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography; Sudan -- History -- 1821-1881
Genres: Biography.
Description: Details the life of an important British figure whose demise by the hands of a Muslim extremist contains relevance today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-107) and index.
Table of contents: title: To the army born : Woolwich and Wales; title: Crimea and beyond : youthful soldiering and surveying; title: China : to wear the yellow jacket; title: The years between : Gravesend and Galatz; title: Sudan I : exploration, slavery, and abolition; title: A roving commission; title: Sudan II : death in the desert.