Khartoum 1885: General Gordon's Last Stand

by Donald F. Featherstone

Book Overview

Early in 1881 unrest in the Sudan began to crystallize around Mohammed Ibn Ahmed el-Sayyid Abdullah. Proclaiming himself the long-expected Madhi, the Guided One of the Prophet, he preached that the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185532301X
• ISBN13: 9781855323018
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

More about the events ancillary to Khartoum than the actual battle itself but still good nevertheles

This book is much more about the events that were ancillary to the battle of Khartoum (i.e., actions of relieving columns, battles afterwards) than the actual battle itself. The book also does a good job at discussing the geopolitical situation leading to the battle, the English forces and their opponents, their strategies and fighting tactics and their leaders. Book is also well illustrated, especially in terms of troop illustrations and contemporary illustartions of ancillary battles. The main weakness of the book, however, is its lack of discussion of the actual siege. Not only is the actual siege battle almost not discussed but little space is given to the strategies of each side in the siege, its forces and their strategies. Hence four stars instead of five.