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Never to Be Taken Alive: A Biography of General Gordon
by MacGregor-Hastie, Roy
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- ISBN 10
- 0283991844
- ISBN 13
- 9780283991844
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1985. First? Edition. First? Printing. good, good. 195, illus., maps, select bibliography, index, one page creased, DJ somewhat worn and soiled. Best know for his death at KHartoum in 1885, General Gordon had enjoyed an adventurous life. He fought in the Crimea, was hired by the Chinese Emperor to work with his modernizing army, and then onto Egypt and the Sudan. Professor MacGregor-Hastie draws upon fresh material from sources in Britain, China, Egypt and the Sudan to tell this unique story of a hero of our time. This biography uses new materials, including much from Gordon's Italian companion, Romolo Gessi. The author covers Gordon's life through the Crimean War, the Taiping rebellion in China, slave suppression in the Sudan, and his last defense of Khartoum and his death during the Mahdi's rebellion 1884-85.
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45695
- Title
- Never to Be Taken Alive: A Biography of General Gordon
- Author
- MacGregor-Hastie, Roy
- Book Condition
- Used - good, good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First? Edition. First? Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0283991844
- ISBN 13
- 9780283991844
- Publisher
- Sidgwick and Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- William Butler, Darfour, Romolo Gessi, Khedive, Khartoum, Chinese Gordon, Mahdi, Crimean War, Slave Trade
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