London, England: Allen Lane/ Penguin Books Ltd, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. "The personality and career of General (Charles) Gordon were extraordinary even among those of Victorian heroes of Empire. He went from Sebastopol and the Redan to action against Chinese rebels and East African slavers; from governorships and commands all over Africa to the Sudan and finally to that unnecessary death by the Nile...What drove him? Imperialism, religion, ambition, do-goodery..... More