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25%OFFMichael Asher - Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure - 9780140258554 - V9780140258554
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Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure

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Description for Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.

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.


Twelve years later it was the brilliant Herbert Kitchener who ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140258554
SKU
V9780140258554
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98

About Michael Asher
Michael Asher has served in the Parachute Regiment and the SAS Regiment. The author of twenty-four books and presenter of six TV documentaries, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1996. For his writing and travels, he has been awarded the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Medal, the Mungo Park Medal and the Ness Award. ... Read more

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