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Egyptian Campaigns, 1882 to 1885, and the Events that Led to Them - Volume 1.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Royle, Charles.
- Series:
- The Egyptian Campaigns, 1882 to 1885, and the Events that Led to Them
- The Egyptian Campaigns, 1882 to 1885, and the Events that Led to Them ; v.1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Egypt--History--British occupation, 1882-1936.
- Sudan--History--1821-1881.
- Sudan--History--1881-1899.
- Local Subjects:
- Egypt--History--British occupation, 1882-1936.
- Sudan--History--1821-1881.
- Sudan--History--1881-1899.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Andrews UK, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Volume 1 of 2.This is the standard, two-volume history of one of the classic, albeit largely disastrous, campaigns of Victorian military history - the attempt to impose British rule or influence on Egypt and the trackless wastes of the Sudan which, then as now, despite much-trumpeted victories, proved implacably hostile to foreign intervention. The climax of the story is the tragic saga of Charles Gordon, the charismatic, eccentric, though fatally flawed British General, whose death at Khartoum provoked a belated expedition down the Nile in a futile rescue attempt.Royle's history is a model ac
- Contents:
- ""Cover ""; ""Contents ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Frontispiece ""; ""Title Page Recto ""; ""Title Page Verso ""; ""Preface ""; ""Body Matter ""; ""Chapter I ""; ""Chapter II ""; ""Chapter III ""; ""Chapter IV ""; ""Chapter V ""; ""Chapter VI ""; ""Chapter VII ""; ""Chapter VIII ""; ""Chapter IX ""; ""Chapter X ""; ""Chapter XI ""; ""Chapter XII ""; ""Chapter XIII ""; ""Chapter XIV ""; ""Chapter XV ""; ""Chapter XVI ""; ""Chapter XVII ""; ""Chapter XVIII ""; ""Chapter XIX ""; ""Chapter XX ""; ""Chapter XXI ""; ""Chapter XXII ""; ""Chapter XXIII ""; ""Chapter XXIV ""
- ""Chapter XXV """"Chapter XXVI ""; ""Chapter XXVII ""; ""Chapter XXVIII ""; ""Chapter XXIX ""; ""Chapter XXX ""; ""Chapter XXXI ""; ""Chapter XXXII ""; ""Chapter XXXIII ""; ""Chapter XXXIV ""; ""Chapter XXXV ""; ""Chapter XXXVI ""; ""Chapter XXXVII ""; ""Chapter XXXVIII ""; ""Chapter XXXIX ""; ""Chapter XL ""; ""Chapter XLI ""; ""Chapter XLII ""; ""Chapter XLIII ""; ""Chapter XLIV ""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781283699235
- 1283699230
- 9781781512753
- 1781512752
- OCLC:
- 792688390
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