The Life of Gordon, Volume II

The narrative follows the late career and campaigns of Major‑General Charles Gordon, focusing on his reluctant return to the Sudan after negotiating terms that placed him in a broadly independent Governor‑Generalship under the Khedive. It describes his administrative aims, notably the suppression of slavery and the improvement of communications, and reviews the negotiations and appointments that shaped his authority. The account traces his missions to the Equatorial provinces, the Red Sea coast, and Darfur, and details operational difficulties such as limited reinforcements, dispersed detachments, and local resistance. It also surveys related smaller missions to colonial stations and concludes with the final Nile expedition and the events at Khartoum.