Imperial vanities: The adventures of the Baker brothers and Gordon of Khartoum by Brian Thompson, Brian Thompson

Imperial vanities: The adventures of the Baker brothers and Gordon of Khartoum

Brian Thompson, Brian Thompson

320 pages first pub 2002 (view editions)

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
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This is the entwined story of three Victorians. Two of these men were brothers - Sir Samuel Baker, the irrepressible explorer; and Valentine Baker, reckoned to be the leading cavalry officer of the British Army before disgrace overwhelmed him. The...

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