382 p. : frontispiece illustration. Cover embossed with lighter green, title, author's name and series title framed by design of candlesticks. Title and author's name in gold on spine.Historical adventure story, set during a (factual) British military campaign in Sudan in the late nineteenth century. A military relief force is sent to rescue General Gordon, who is besieged in Khartoum. fiction, advenure stories, historical fiction, g. a. henty