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In The River War, Winston Churchill recounts the operations directed by Lord Kitchener of Khartoum on the Upper Nile from 1896 to 1899 that led to England's reconquest of the Egyptian Sudan. Churchill was present at the decisive battle of Omdurman, and he wrote this book while he was still a young cavalry officer
5 de may. de 2014 · This is Volume 1 of the 1899 first edition of Winston Churchill's River War and Reconquest of the Soudan. I apologize for the different tone of some pages; we had to carefully photograph even pages, then odd, and the ambient light in the room changed over the hours. I was too exhausted to re-do the project.
The traveller clings to the strong river as to an old friend, staunch in the hour of need. All the world blazes, but here is shade. The deserts are hot, but the Nile is cool. The land is parched, but here is abundant water. The picture painted in burnt sienna is relieved by a grateful flash of green.
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The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan ( De Rivieroorlog: Een Historisch Verslag van de Herovering van Soedan) is een boek uit 1899 geschreven door Winston Churchill in de tijd dat hij officier was in het British Army (25 jaar oud). The River War was het tweede boek van Churchill, na The Story of the Malakand Field ...
Until the publication of the St. Augustine’s Press edition, a ll of the many subsequent editions of The River War were based on this 1902 abridged and revised text. Because it was significantly revised and because all subsequent editions to date are based on this text, this 1902 first abridged and revised edition is bibliographically important.
