The Sudanese life of General Charles George Gordon

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Sudanese life of General Charles George Gordon
Original language description
In early February 1885, the reports of the tragic fate of the General Charles George "Chinese" Gordon came out of the blue. The whole British society was suddenly shaken and in a state of shock. For a year's time, they had been informed with vigorous regularity about Gordon's defence of the civilization in Khartoum all by his self against the barbarous and fanatical Mahdi - and all of a sudden, everything was over. In the eyes of the British, in a single day, his demise made of him one of the best knownheroes of the Victorian era, disposing naturally of all of the imperial virtues. As time went by, however, his personal legacy faded from the British consciousness as fast as the faith in British Empire with its values, ideals and symbols. The present paper focuses on the now forgotten Sudanese life of General Gordon, for whom the Sudan became fatal. In its opening part, the article analyses his time in Egyptian service in the position of the Governor of Equatoria (1874-1877) and conseq
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AB - History
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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