Fire and Sword in the Sudan. A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895. Transl. by F.R. Wingate. ...

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London: Edward Arnold, 1898. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt spine. (xx, 416,32pp.). With portr., protective tissue guard, 21 full-page plates, 2 folding maps and adverts. Uncut. NOTE: Slatin was one of General Charles Gordon's officers in the Sudan, who had to surrender to Mahdists troops in 1883, and was held as a prisoner until escaping to Egypt in 1895.