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 41632pp.). 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.