Lxvi + 587pp. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. With portrait, two maps and 30 illustrations by General Gordon.
Cover sun faded on spine and margins with a few small tears on spine. EP gutters cracked. Foxed portrait tissue-guard. Light sporadic foxing to some pages.
Gordon (1833-1885) was appointed, with the consent of the British government, governor-general of the Soudan, and was instructed not only to effect the evacuation of the country but to take steps to leave behind an organised independent government. He arrived at Karthoum on 18 February 1884. The accounts of Gordon's death are confused and conflicting but they all agree in stating that he was killed (26 January 1850) near the gate of the palace in Karthoum and his head carried to the Mahdi's camp (DNB). An indispensable guide to Gordon's last days.Ibrahim-Hilmy I.
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