Letters from the Crimea, the Danube and Armenia - August 18, 1854, to November 17, 1858 (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - European History
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	February 2012
Authors:	Charles George Gordon
Editors:	Demetrius C Boulger
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-04477-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-108-04477-8
Barcode:	9781108044776

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