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Demetrius C Boulger
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Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB (28 January 1833 - 26
January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and
Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator.He
saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British army,
but he made his military reputation in China, where he was placed
in command of the Ever Victorious Army, a force of Chinese soldiers
led by European officers. In the early 1860s, Gordon and his men
were instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion, regularly
defeating much larger forces. For these accomplishments, he was
given the nickname Chinese Gordon and honours from both the Emperor
of China and the British Government.
Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB (28 January 1833 - 26
January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and
Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator.He
saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British army,
but he made his military reputation in China, where he was placed
in command of the "Ever Victorious Army," a force of Chinese
soldiers led by European officers. In the early 1860s, Gordon and
his men were instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion,
regularly defeating much larger forces. For these accomplishments,
he was given the nickname "Chinese" Gordon and honours from both
the Emperor of China and the British Government.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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.
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