| Title:
Never To Be Taken Alive – A Biography of General Gordon
by Roy MacGregor-Hastie |
| Description:
As
the title indicates, this book is the biography of Charles
George Gordon, a hero of the Victorian era, who was murdered
at the head of a staircase in his palace in Khartoum in
1885 plunging all Britain into mourning. Born in London
in 1833 this book provides a great incite into this legendry
military figure who spent most of his active life in the
service of foreign powers. |
| Author:
The
author at the time of the writing of this book was the Dean
of the American Universities Graduate School in Europe.
He was Professor of Modern European History and Director
of the American Institute in the Italian State University
for Foreigners in Perugia. A graduate of both British and
American Universities, he has taught and researched in many
countries. His other works include, The Day of the Lion,
The Mechanics of Power and autobiographies on Khrushchev,
Mao Tse-Tung, Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI. |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published : First
published 1985. |
Edition:
This
edition 1985. |
| Jacket
Condition: Very
good. Has original price £13.95 on inside of dust
cover. |
| Book
Condition : Good
condition, containing 195 pages, 8 of which contain photographs
and numerous others have illustrated maps. A few paragraphs
have lines highlighting several paragraphs as a study aid,
hence the cheap price. |
| Publisher:
Sidgwick
& Jackson Ltd, England. |
| ISBN:
0-283-99184-4. |
| Size
& Weight: 24cm
x 16.2cm (H x W). 3cm thick. |
