The Sudan Campaigns 1881-98
Wilkinson-Latham, Robert / Roffe, Michael![The Sudan Campaigns 1881-98](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/950/9502486/CHSBZCOP039502486.jpg)
In the Sudan in 1881 an obscure son of a carpenter pronounced himself the 'Mahdi' or 'Guided One of the Prophet', the long-expected Messiah of the Islamic faith. His influence was so strong that Egypt (co-ruled by Britain and France) was plunged into war. Robert Wilkinson-Latham provides an absorbing account of the Sudan campaigns, including the siege of Khartoum, the unpredictable General Charles Gordon, and the Nile Expedition. The author de...