CHURCHILL, Winston.
The River War.
The River War.
An historical account of the reconquest of Sudan.
Stock Code 118064
London, Longmans, 1899.
Churchill's account of his adventures during the war in the Sudan
The River War was Churchill's second published book after The Story of the Malakand Field Force and is one of the scarcer Churchill titles.In vivid style the book describes the background to the war, the relationship of the Upper Nile to Egypt, the murder of General Charles George Gordon in the siege at Khartoum, the political reaction in England, and Kitchener's elaborate preparations for the war. While in the Sudan, Churchill participated in the Battle of Omdurman. Churchill comments at length on the mechanisation of war with use of the telegraph, railroad, and a new generation of weaponry.
First edition, first issue; 2 vols, 8vo (23.5 x 16 cm); 2 frontispieces, 45 illustrations, 34 maps and plans (some folding), contemporary ownership inscriptions to top margin of p.1 of vol. 1 and first blank of vol. 2; publisher's dark grey cloth, gilt lettering and vignettes to upper covers and spines, spines expertly refurbished, a couple small indentations to upper board of vol. 1 repaired, a very good set; xxii, [i], 462; x, [iii], 499 pp.
Woods A2 (a).
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