General Gordon's private diary of his exploits in China: amplified by Samuel Mossman ... With portraits and map

by Charles George Gordon

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326 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1885

About the author

Major-General Charles George Gordon CB was an officer of the British Army during the Crimean War and Second Opium War, and served as Governor Geneeral of the Sudan 1873–1880. He died in the Siege of Khartoum during the Mahdist War.

He became known as Chinese Gordon for his service in command of the "Ever Victorious Army," a mercenary force of the Qing Dynasty commanded by European and American officers, which was instrumental in quelling the Taiping Rebellion. The Tongzhi Emperor awarded him the imperial yellow jacket (黃馬褂; pinyin: Huáng mǎguà), the highest military honor of the Qing Dynasty at the time, and he was subsequently appointed a Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, the fourth-most senior of the British Orders of Chivalry.