Gordon Of Khartoum

General Gordon died while trying to save Khartoum from fire and sword in 1885, the mourning from a grateful nation was only surpassed by the death of Horatio Nelson at Trafalgar.
He is now known as one of Britain's greatest military heroes in the line of Wellington, Nelson, Havelock, Harris and Montgomery. John Pollock, author of other highly praised biographies, draws on extensive, but little used, manuscript sources to vividly retell a fascinating and colourful true story of an extraordinary figure.