The River War - Couverture souple

Churchill, Sir Winston S

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1598184253 ISBN 13 : 9781598184259

Editeur : Alan Rodgers Books, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Churchill Sir Winston S

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, Hon. RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British Conservative politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century, he served as Prime Minister twice (1940–45 and 1951–55). A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan is an 1899 book by Winston Churchill, concerning his experiences as a British Army officer, during the Mahdist War in Sudan. The book provides a history of the British involvement in the Sudan and the conflict between the British forces led by Lord Kitchener and Dervish forces led by Khalifa Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, heir to the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad who had embarked on a campaign to conquer Egypt, to drive out the non-Muslim infidels and make way for the second coming of the Islamic Mahdi.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Alan Rodgers Books
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1598184253
• ISBN 13: 9781598184259
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292