003 Chain of Fire: Campaigning in Egypt and the Sudan, 1882-1898. Signed by Author. UK sales ONLY!
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In the 1880s, control over the Sudan was a minefield into which Prime Minister Gladstone did not want to step - until his emissary Charles Gordon was
besieged in Khartoum, and the city became the focal point for war.
It was the height of European colonialism. Injustices were administered, bloody battles fought and civilians caught in the crossfire. Among the British
officers were figures who would later adopt starring roles in the First World War, such as Herbert Kitchener and Douglas Haig.
By turns shocking and dynamic, Chain of Fire examines the terrible desert wars using the words of the men who fought there.
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