Letters from the Crimea, the Danube and Armenia

August 18, 1854, to November 17, 1858

By:

Charles George Gordon

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - European History

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This volume of letters was published in 1884, when General Gordon (1833–85) was engaged in the controversial defence of Khartoum that claimed his life the following year. The reputation of 'Chinese' Gordon, a complex figure, unpopular with the British government and military but adored by the people and press, was fed by works such as this. Covering his time in the Crimea as a young lieutenant, and later in the drawing up of the new frontiers between the Russian and Ottoman empires, these letters were published by his later biographer, Demetrius C. Boulger (1853–1928) as evidence of Gordon's strength of character and value as a military leader. One reviewer noted in them an 'indomitable cheerfulness of disposition, patient endurance, trustful fatalism, simple courage and faith, … [and] single-hearted devotion to duty', words which reflected the popular view of Gordon as a symbol of British national pride and imperial honour.

Release date NZ

February 16th, 2012

Author

Charles George Gordon

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Edited by Demetrius C. Boulger

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

228

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - European History

Dimensions

140x216x13

ISBN-13

9781108044776

Product ID

19642106

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