8vo. 286 pp. photographs, 4 maps, cloth in slightly soiled & rubbed d/w, The Reprint Society, London, 1966.

Synopsis

Charles Gordon played a major role in the oppression of the Sudanese people, but he was killed in Khartoum at the hands of the Mahdi. This book deals with Gordon’s life in China where he succeeded in crushing in Taiping Rebellion, while in Sudan he failed due to the fierce resistance of the Sudanese.