The Life of Gordon, Volume II by Demetrius Charles Boulger continues the biography of General Charles George Gordon, one of the most celebrated soldiers of the Victorian era. This volume carries the story through his later campaigns and culminates in his governorship of the Sudan and the dramatic siege of Khartoum.
Boulger details Gordon’s efforts against the slave trade, his complex dealings with the British government, and his final, fatal stand against the forces of the Mahdi in 1885. Drawing on letters and official records, the biography presents Gordon as a devout, headstrong, and heroic figure whose death shocked the empire. For students of British imperial and military history, the work remains a substantial account of a general whose life became legend.