{"product_id":"9781845500634-gordon-of-khartoum","title":"Gordon of Khartoum","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Extraordinary Soldier\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on manuscript sources, the author retells the story of an extraordinary figure, one of Britain's top 5 outstanding military heroes (along with Wellington, Nelson, Havelock and Montgomery).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles George Gordon gained universal respect and affection in the slums of urban Victorian Britain fighting on spiritual battlegrounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater, he obtained the same reputation as 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 death's of Henry Havelock at Lucknow and Nelson at Trafalgar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGladstone, Britain's Prime Minister at the time feared it would bring down his government. He is now known as one of Britain's greatest military heroes in the line of Wellington, Nelson, Havelock, Harris and Montgomery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are 4 parts to this well researched and exciting biography:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One: 'Yellow Jacket', 1833-1864.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two: 'The Liberator' 1865-1879.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Three: 'The Pillar of Cloud' 1880-1883.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Four: 'Too Late' 1884-1885.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Pollock, author of other highly praised biographies (including Havelock's), draws on extensive, but little used, manuscript sources to vividly retell a fascinating and colourful true story of an extraordinary figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945903075425,"sku":"9781845500634","price":8.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33810474.jpg?v=1744898363","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781845500634-gordon-of-khartoum","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}