The River War.: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. Edited by Col. F. Rhodes, DSO. New and revised edition.
by CHURCHILL, Winston S
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1902. Churchill revises his tale of imperial conflict First abridged edition, first impression. For this edition (the second overall), Churchill shortened the text by a third but added a new preface and chapter on the destruction of the Khalifa and the end of the war. The book was first published in two volumes in 1899. "The River War is a brilliant history of British involvement in the Sudan and the campaign for its reconquest: arresting, insightful, with tremendous narrative and descriptive power" (Langworth, p. 27). In his abridgement Churchill also extensively revised the book to omit any criticisms of Kitchener and the British Army: "as a Conservative MP, he found it prudent to tone down his questioning of the imperialist adventure" (Rose, p. 61). Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, black endpapers. Photogravure portrait frontispiece of Kitchener, 14 coloured maps and plans (6 folding), 8 sketch maps in text. Light rubbing at extremities, endpapers a little toned, front free endpaper reinserted, rear hinge with superficial split: a very good, square copy. Cohen A2.2; Woods A2(b). Richard M. Langworth, A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 1998; Jonathan Rose, The Literary Churchill, 2015.
Synopsis
The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan is an 1899 book written by Winston Churchill while he was still an officer in the British army.
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- Peter Harrington (GB)
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- 171443
- Title
- The River War.
- Author
- CHURCHILL, Winston S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,
- Date Published
- 1902
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