Gordon of Khartoum

Charles George Gordon gained universal respect and affection in the slums of urban Victorian Britain fighting on spiritual battlegrounds. Later, he obtained the same reputation and he commanded in battle Chinese. Egyptian, and African (but never British) troops, to become a British military hero. Ge [...]
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Charles George Gordon gained universal respect and affection in the slums of urban Victorian Britain fighting on spiritual battlegrounds. Later, he obtained the same reputation and he commanded in battle Chinese. Egyptian, and African (but never British) troops, to become a British military hero. General Gordon died while trying to save Khartoum from fire and sword in 1885; the mourning from a grateful nation was only surpassed by the deaths of Henry Havelock at Lucknow and Nelson at Trafalgar. Gladstone, Britain's Prime Minster at the time feared it world bring down his government. He is now know as one of Britain's greatest military heroes in the line of Wellington, Nelson, Havelock, Harris and Montgomery. John Pollock, author of other high praised biographies (including Havelock?s); draws on extensive, but little used, manuscript sources to vividly retails a fascinating and colorful true story of an extraordinary figure.