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Charles Royle
1882–1936
A naval officer turned barrister and judge, he wrote from close experience of the world he described. His best-known book on Egypt and the Sudan aims to explain both the campaigns themselves and the political forces behind them.
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The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885
by Charles Royle
About the author
Charles Royle was a British writer best known for The Egyptian Campaigns, 1882 to 1885. Contemporary editions of the book describe him as a former Royal Navy officer, a barrister, and a judge of the Egyptian Court of Appeal.
His writing stands out for its firsthand connection to Egypt. Library and collection records note that he had lived there for about a decade before publishing his history, which helped shape a detailed account of the Anglo-Egyptian War, the Sudan campaigns, and the wider politics around British intervention.
Reliable biographical information about his personal life appears to be limited online, so many modern catalogues identify him mainly through his dates, 1882–1936, and this major work. Even so, his book remains of interest to readers looking for a period perspective on Egypt, Sudan, and the British Empire at the end of the nineteenth century.