310 pages. Size: 155 x 235 mm. Paperback. EAN: 9781842329375 ISBN: 1842329375
General Gordon, charged with the task of defending Khartoum, was stabbed to death on 26 January 1885 when the Mahdis forces took the town by storm. Two days later, the Expeditionary force arrived to relieve Gordon but found the town firmly in the hands of the Mahdi. In Englands Pride, Julian Symons tells the story of the disastrous and tragic failure of this mission. Analysing events from both a political and military stance, and consulting a wide range of sources, he questions why the Gladstone Government had not acted sooner in the first place, and then, once orders had been given, what contributed to the complex chain of events that was ultimately to thwart the relieving force. Capturing in brilliant detail all the glory of Victorian times, Englands Pride is a vivid and dramatic book on a sorely neglected subject. Julian Symons
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