Gordon at Khartoum.

[GORDON (General C.G.)] & BLUNT (Wilfred Scawen)

Gordon at Khartoum.

Being a Personal Narrative of Events in Continuation of “A Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt.” Second Impression. Photogravure portrait frontispiece. Endpapers differentially browned, otherwise a very good copy in the original dark blue cloth, in slightly chipped and soiled dust-jacket, t.e.g. others uncut. xvi, 666pp. Stephen Swift and Co., Ltd., 1912.

£250.00

This Second Impression was published three months after the First Edition. Uncommon, particularly in dust-jacket.

“Blunt’s prose-writings are on a lower plane [than his poetry], albeit in treatment rather than in style. He was constitutionally unfitted to write contemporary history. His discretion is questionable, his judgement superficial: he records gossip as fact, and allows prejudice to colour his narration. The Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt (1907), Gordon at Khartoum (1911), and My Diaries (1919 and 1920) justify this verdict. These three works are interesting supplements to the impressions of more sober writers, but little else.” [Lt.-Col. P.G. Elgood in DNB]

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