| Letters from the Crimea, the Danube and Armenia: August 18, 1854, to November 17, 1858 Contributor(s): Gordon, Charles George (Author), Boulger, Demetrius C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1139176943 ISBN-13: 9781139176941 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $72.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Eastern Europe - General - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 947.073 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection: European History |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume of letters was published in 1884, when General Gordon (1833-85) was engaged in the controversial defence of Khartoum that claimed his life the following year. The reputation of 'Chinese' Gordon, a complex figure, unpopular with the British government and military but adored by the people and press, was fed by works such as this. Covering his time in the Crimea as a young lieutenant, and later in the drawing up of the new frontiers between the Russian and Ottoman empires, these letters were published by his later biographer, Demetrius C. Boulger (1853-1928) as evidence of Gordon's strength of character and value as a military leader. One reviewer noted in them an 'indomitable cheerfulness of disposition, patient endurance, trustful fatalism, simple courage and faith, ... and] single-hearted devotion to duty', words which reflected the popular view of Gordon as a symbol of British national pride and imperial honour. |
