Three Empires on the Nile: The Victorian Jihad, 1869-1899

413 Pages·2007·3.45 MB·English

by  Dominic Green

Also by Dominic Green
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All photos are from the author’s collection except:
16, 17: Taken by Italian photographers L. Fiorillo and P. Sebah immediately
after the bombardment (Album 331, Vol. 31 of the Lady Anna Brassey
Collection); reproduced by permission of Huntington Library Archives, San
Marino, California 18, 32, 36: From the Sudan Archive, Durham University 25:
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To my aunt and uncle, Roberta and Terence Conoley,
who first sparked my interest in Egypt.
Contents
Cast of Characters
Prologue: Port Said, 1869
1 Ismail’s Dream: 1869-73
2 The Engineer: 1873-79
3 God’s Diplomacy: 1879-81
4 The Redeemer: 1881-82
5 Egypt for the Egyptians! 1882
6 The Wind and the Whirlwind: 1883
7 The Unrolling of the Scroll: 1884
8 Armies of God: 1885
9 The New Caliphate: 1885-89
10 Gladstone’s Egg: 1889-96
11 The House of War: 1896-99
Epilogue: 1899
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Cast of Characters