Gordon and the Sudan Prologue to the Mahdiyya 1877-1880 [Hardcover]

This is a study on the period preceding the Mahdist revolution in the Sudan. It analyses the administration and political developments under the governor-generalship of Gordon.Contemporary Review

sheds new light on a chapter of British Imperial History that has been neglected by historians for far too long



welcome addition to the Sudan literature

- International Journal of African Historical Studies



The superbly researched and clearly written Gordon and the Sudan provides fresh insight into this crucial period of Gordon s life and this important era in the history of the Turco-Egyptian Sudan. It makes an important contribution of the Gordon historiography and deserves a large readership.

- Military History