The year is 1883 and Gladstone finds that the cutting of the Suez Canal has involved Britain irrevocably in Egypt's affairs. General Gordon, Governor of the Sudan, is sent on a mission to evacuate Khartoum. He is besieged there for ten months by the Mahdi's troops and is killed two days before a relief force arrives. This gripping historical account focuses on the bravery of this great man.
This book is part of the Short Stories/Novellas series and is book #4 in the series.