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.