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An epic first hand account of high adventure The Victorian age was notable for the appearance of gentleman soldiers of fortune in the imperial world and there could be no more exotic and exceptional example of that than the author of this book, Rudolf Slatin. The son of a Viennese merchant, he went to Egypt to work as a bookseller's assistant in Cairo in the early 1870s. He travelled extensively through Egypt and the Sudan and made the acquaintance of the remarkable general, Charles Gordon. After a period of Austrian military service, Slatin returned to Africa at Gordon's invitation. He arrived in early 1879 and after a meteoric rise in career fortunes he secured, in 1881, the governor-gener...
Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Fire and Sword in the Sudan - A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Rudolf Carl Slatin, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have Fire and Sword in the Sudan - A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it...