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NINETEENTH CENTURY WARS IN EGYPT AND SUDAN. By JOHN FIREBRACE
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Most of the pages are reproductions of selected covers, and autograph letters from the Author’s famous collection that was awarded Gold and Large Gold medals in 1978 and 1980. Over 40 pages of specially written text and more than a dozen maps help to tell the story of the French Campaigns of 1798-1801, the Arabi rebellion of 1882, the Mahdi 1881-1885, the Hicks disaster of 1883, Suakin 1884, the Nile Expedition of 1884-5, the Suakin Expedition of 1885-6, captives of the Khalifa, the Donglola Expedition of 1896, Suakin 1896, Nile Expeditions of 1897-8 and 1898-1900, the Marchand Expedition of 1898 and the Army of Occupation 1882-1900. Africa
Egypt
France
Great Britain
Sudan
“…..an exceptional production” London Philatelist August 1997.
“ …a book to be enjoyed and mulled over at leisure as well as consulted for instruction.” Gibbons Stamp Monthly. June 1998
218 pages 8 colour plates and numerous B/W illustrations Card cover. Published 1997
Price £40 plus postage and packing.

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