Life Of Gordon: Major-General, R.E., C.B.; Turkish Field-Marshal, Grand Cordon Medjidieh, And Pasha - Softcover

Demetrius Charles Boulger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 037163752X ISBN 13: 9780371637524

Publisher: HardPress, 2016

Synopsis

"Life Of Gordon: Major-General, R.E., C.B.; Turkish Field-Marshal, Grand Cordon Medjidieh, And Pasha; Chinese Titu (Field Marshal), Yellow Jacket Order" by Demetrius Charles Boulger. This historical biography surveys General Charles George Gordon's career across China, Egypt, and the Sudan, tracing his early engineering and military service, leadership during the Taiping Rebellion, and later roles as a reformer and administrator. It chronicles his Gravesend philanthropy, his appointment as Governor-General of the Sudan, and his efforts to reorganize administration, suppress slave-trading networks, and defend Khartoum during the Mahdist uprising. The narrative situates Gordon within the broader imperial policy debates of Britain, including figures such as Gladstone, Baring/Cromer, Wolseley, and various Egyptian and Sudanese actors, while examining clashes over evacuation versus reinforcement, the politics of Zebehr, and the relief efforts. Through episodes in Basutoland and Congo as well as the siege of Khartoum, the book explores themes of duty, leadership under bureaucratic constraint, imperial responsibility, and the human costs of empire. It presents Gordon as a complex, morally driven figure whose life illuminates the interplay of military action and political decision-making on the Nile and beyond.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 037163752X
• ISBN 13: 9780371637524
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388