Imperial Vanities: The Adventures of the Baker Brothers and Gordon of Khartoum"Imperial Vanities is an adventure story in the high tradition, ranging from the upper Nile to Ceylon, Egypt and the slave markets of the Balkans. Wilful, profoundly eccentric and driven by the sort of idealism we no longer consider an heroic virtue, the lives of these men combine to make a tragi-comic commentary on the most widely-held conviction of their times: that God himself was an Englishman. 'Better a ball in the brain than to flicker out unheeded', Gordon wrote in his journal. Written with Thompson's masterly touch, this is history at its best."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Imperial Vanities: The Adventures of the Baker Brothers and Gordon of Khartoum Brian Thompson No preview available - 2003 |
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