Book Description

The Novel, "General Gordon, Saint and Soldier" is a biography of the nineteenth century British General Charles George Gordon. Gordon, famously known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army. However, he made his military reputation in China, where he was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious Army", a force of Chinese soldiers led by European officers which was instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion, regularly defeating much larger forces. For these accomplishments, he was given the nickname "Chinese Gordon" and honours from both the Emperor of China and the British. The book pays tribute to his exemplary character as described by author Joseph Wardle, a personal friend to Gordon.