This 125-year-old rescue plea written in Arabic on a tiny scrap of paper by General Gordon of Khartoum is up for auction. 26 January 2009 • 11:45pm The note was written in Gordon's hand and was ...

Unfortunately, General Gordon's Last Stand, by George William Joy, now hanging in the Leeds City Art Gallery is a piece of Victorian myth-making. Iconic it may be, but the events it depicts may ...

He was sent to Khartoum on February 18, 1884 with vague instructions from the Gladstone cabinet. Gordon evacuated some 2,600 civilians and soldiers before the city was blockaded in March.

CHINESE GORDON: THE STORY OF A HERO (256 pp.)—Lawrence and Elisabeth Hanson—Funk & Waqnalls ($4).When General Charles George Gordon was speared to death at Khartoum in 1885, Queen ...

The ring belonged to my grand-mother who was a cousin of General Gordon of Khartoum ('Chinese Gordon' as he was called) was made from a coin found on his body after he was murdered on the steps of ...

the mahdi in khartoum; chinese gordon forced to surrender his stronghold.uncertainty as to the fate of the gallant general--the gladstone government assailed on all sides. Share full article Feb ...

Much of the Nile being too shallow for boats between the mouth and Khartoum, the city was hidden behind hundreds of miles of desert in one of the least accessible places on Earth. The Mahdi (“Guided ...

A popular historian and raconteur best known for his talks about the life and times of Lord Nelson and Richard III is set to return to Pershore in… ...