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Title: | General Gordon's Khartoum journal |
Author: | Gordon, Charles George |
Year: | 1961 |
Pages: | 224 |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | London |
Publisher: | W. Kimber |
Geographic term: | Sudan |
Subjects: | Mahdiyya diaries (form) |
About person: | Charles George Gordon (1833-1885) |
Abstract: | This Journal was kept by Gen. Gordon during the siege of Khartoum in 1884. The journal commences on Sept. 10 and, next to a detailed record of the siege it contains a medley of reflections on theology and high politic or satiric pleasantries at the expense of statesmen and diplomats. The journal closes on Dec. 14. On Jan. 26, 1885 Gordon was killed |