| The Life of Gordon Volume II Contributor(s): Struik, Alex (Illustrator), Boulger, Demetrius C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1479287512 ISBN-13: 9781479287512 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.83 lbs) 278 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 his men were instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion, regularly defeating much larger forces. For these accomplishments, he was given the nickname "Chinese" Gordon and honours from both the Emperor of China and the British Government. |
