The Life of Gordon Volume II

by Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh Boulger

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479287512
• ISBN13: 9781479287512
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"