PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS. PORTRAIT OF GENERAL GORDON, TAKEN SOON AFTER THE
CHAPTER I. BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE.
CHAPTER II. THE CRIMEA, DANUBE, AND ARMENIA.
CHAPTER III. THE CHINA WAR.
CHAPTER IV. THE TAEPING REBELLION.
CHAPTER V. THE EVER VICTORIOUS ARMY.
CHAPTER VI. GRAVESEND AND GALATZ.
CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST NILE MISSION.
Title: The Life of Gordon, Volume I
Author: Demetrius Charles Boulger
Language: English
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THE
LIFE OF GORDON
MAJOR-GENERAL, R.E., C.B.; TURKISH FIELD-MARSHAL, GRAND
CORDON MEDJIDIEH, AND PASHA; CHINESE TITU (FIELD-MARSHAL),
YELLOW JACKET ORDER.
"'Tis a name which ne'er hath been dishonour'd,
And never will, I trust—most surely never
By such a youth as thou."
—Swinton on Adam Gordon.
BY
DEMETRIUS C. BOULGER
AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF CHINA;" "ENGLAND AND RUSSIA IN CENTRAL
ASIA;" "LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK," ETC., ETC.
WITH PORTRAIT
VOLUME I
LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
MDCCCXCVI
[All rights reserved.]
Portrait of General Gordon, taken soon after the Crimea.
General Gordon
from a photograph taken shortly after the crimea and lent by his niece, Miss Dunlop.
