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Osman Digna, 1836-1926. Revolutionaries -- Sudan. Sudan -- History -- 1862-1899. Sudan -- History -- 1899-1956. Dervishes -- SudanOsman Digna by H C Jackson (1926) is a portrait of the senior Dervish leader defeated at Omdurman ... Read more

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For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase immortalized by Kipling.When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of ... Read more

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Robert Graves's portrait of T. E. Lawrence opens with a promise of candor: not a legend of "Lawrence of Arabia," but an exact, readable account of a fiercely private man and the turbulent world he moved through. With maps, illustrations, and a measured introduction, Graves frames Lawrence as an elusive figure shaped by mixed ancestry, a strong-willed mother, an all-male household, and a restless
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