Chain of Fire: The Siege of Khartoum and the Campaign of Egypt and the Sudan - Hardcover
by Peter Hart
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781639369775ISBN-10:1639369775UPC:9781639369775Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Military, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, 19th CenturySize:9.10 x 6.00 x 1.90 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCP92ZA4VS
Chain of Fire: The Siege of Khartoum and the Campaign of Egypt and the Sudan
The dramatic story of the siege of Khartoum and Britain's extraordinarily violent 1882 campaign in Egypt and Sudan. In the 1880s, British control over northeastern Africa was a political minefield that Prime Minister William Gladstone wished to avoid--until his emissary Charles Gordon was besieged in Khartoum, and the city became the focal point for war. It was the height of European colonialism....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781639369775ISBN-10:1639369775UPC:9781639369775Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Military, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, 19th CenturySize:9.10 x 6.00 x 1.90 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCP92ZA4VS
Peter Hart is the oral historian of the Imperial War Museum in London. He is the author of The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front; 1918: A Very British Victory; Gallipoli; and Fire and Movement: The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign of 1914.
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