Dervish

The Rise And Fall Of An African Empire 

'This is the vivid and colourful story of one of the more

remarkable episodes in the 'high Empire' period of British

history.  The Mahdi's rising in the Sudan in the 1800s - starting

as a localized Holy War against the 'decadent' Turkish/Egyptian

overlords - was soon to engulf a million square miles of arid territory and

force the hand of a British Liberal Government, whose reluctance

to get involved paved the way for the early disasters of the 

Hicks expedition and Gordon's death at Khartoum.'

First Edition.

Pictorial dust-jacket and numerous illustrations and maps throughout.