General Gordon: The Ultimate Victorian Hero (TRIH ep 141)
1863 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the life and contested reputation of General Charles George Gordon up to his famed role in China. They trace Gordon’s early military career — Crimea, surveying on the Danube, service in Armenia — and focus on his emergence as “Chinese Gordon” commanding the Ever Victorious Army during the Taiping Rebellion. The hosts examine Gordon’s intense Protestant Christianity, recurrent religious awakenings, philanthropy (notably his work with “ragged boys” at G...
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