Dervish : The Rise and Fall of an African Empire (Wordsworth Military Library) - Softcover

Warner, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840222468 ISBN 13: 9781840222463

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

Using first hand accounts and diaries of participants, this work describes the growth of the Mahdist movement and the devotion and discipline of the Dervish troops. Set against them, with stoic endurance, were British Egyptian and Sudanese soldiers.

About this title

Product Description

235 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Dervish Is The Story Of The Rise And Fall Of An African Empire, Began In The Sudan In The 1880s.

About the Author

Philip Warner (1914-2000) enlisted in the Royal Corps of Signals after graduating from St Catharine's, Cambridge in 1939. He fought in Malaya and spent 1,100 days 'as a guest of the Emperor' in Changi and on the Railway of Death, an experience he never discussed. He was a legendary figure to generations of cadets during his thirty years as a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Yet he will arguably be best remembered for his contribution of more than 2,000 obituaries of prominent army figures to The Daily Telegraph. In addition he wrote fifty-four books on all aspects of military history, ranging from castles and battlefields in Britain, to biographies of prominent military figures (such as Kitchener: The Man Behind the Legend; Field Marshall Earl Haig; Horrocks: The General who Led from the Front and Auchinleck: The Lonely Soldier) to major histories of the S.A.S., the Special Boat Services and the Royal Corps of Signals."

Edition details

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840222468
• ISBN 13: 9781840222463
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256