Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892

Name: Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892
Author: Josef Ohrwalder

by Josef Ohrwalder, Sir F. R. (Francis Reginald) Wingate

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by StevenGibbs, Linda Hamilton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2010-06-18

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Public domain in the USA.

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Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad, 1848-1885 Sudan -- History

About the authors

Josef Ohrwalder

1856–1913

A Catholic missionary whose life turned into an extraordinary survival story, he is best known for an account of captivity in Sudan that brought a distant conflict vividly to European readers. His memoir blends eyewitness history, danger, and a deeply personal record of endurance.

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Sir F. R. (Francis Reginald) Wingate

1861–1953

Best known for his long career in Egypt and Sudan, this British officer and administrator stood close to some of the biggest imperial events of his era. He later served as Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and then as High Commissioner for Egypt, linking military service with colonial rule.