An Honourable Man

It is 1884 In Khartoum, General Gordon stands on the roof of his fortress as the city is besieged He has vowed to fight the Mahdi to the death At his side is the boy he rescued from the English dockyard slums his reluctant last ally Approaching with the Camel Corps is a young doctor who has joined the expedition to rescue Gordon. Download An Honourable Man author Gillian Slovo – kino-fada.fr One word to describe how I felt about this book frustrated First, I knew nothing about the historical events on which this is based, and I didn t feel the author made any of it clear There was some kind of conflict between Egypt and Sudan, so a British general went there to fix things but he made a holy mess of everything The book begins in 1884 when Britain sendsmilitary to rescue him and his troops The back story and political complications were a confusing muddle to me.Second, the One word to describe how I felt about this book frustrated First, I knew nothing about the historical events on which this is based, and I didn t feel the author made any of it clear There was some kind of conflict between Egypt and Sudan, ...If when you read the final page and for the last time close the book, if then you feel bereft, an undeniable sense of loss, then you know that the novel has been a winner So it was for me with Gillian Slovo s latest part historical novel, part imperial adventure story, part social history of the Victorian woman and class system an exciting and intelligent story from beginning to end.Story Three stories in fact First there is General Gordon in the final days of the defence of Khartoum With If when you read the final page and for the last time close the book, if then you feel bereft, an undeniable sense of loss, then you know that the novel has been a winner So it was for me with Gillian Slovo s latest part historical novel, part imperial adventure story, part social history of the Victorian woman and class system an exciting and intelligent story from beginning to end.Story Three stories in fact First there is General Gordon in the final days of the defence of Khartoum With him is his reluctant servant, the resc...I found this book recommended by someone so I downloaded it onto my Kindle for something to read while I traveled.Unfortunately it wasn t as engaging as I would have liked The story switches between three protagonists and their respective locations A London doctor, John, who volunteers for the Cramer Corps in the British Army His wife who stays behind and finds herself with nothing much to do And finally General Charles Gordon who was under siege in Khartoum.John rediscovered himself as he w I found this book recommended by someone so I downloaded it onto my Kindle for something to read while I traveled.Unfortunately it wasn t as engaging as I would have liked The story switches...I loved Gillian Slovo s novel, Red Dust and had enormous admiration for the imaginative power of her novel Ice Road In An Honourable Man she took on an unusual challenge, the story of General Gordon s last stand at Khartoum in the Sudan, where he was cut down at the end of a yearlong siege Not much is going to happen, before that brutal end It s all about threat and menace that doesn t go away She is inventive, playing...I wanted to love this, after listening to an interview with the author on a Radio4 podcast However I never really felt engaged I don t know whether that was because I simply don t know enough about the conflict between Egypt and the Sudan which formed the context of the novel, or whether perhaps the author tried to tell too many stories John the surgeon, Mary the wife, Betty the maid, Rebecca the drunk, Mr Stead and Mr Bartholomew, Will the steward, and the generals any of these could have I wanted to love this, after listening to an interview with the author on a Radio4 podcast However I never really felt engaged I don t know whether that was because I simply don t know enough about the conflict between Egypt and the Sudan which formed the context of the novel, or whether perhaps the author tried to tell too many stories John the surgeon, Mary the wife, Betty the maid, Rebecca the...I do have some reservations about this book Namely, that the characters seemed undeveloped and at times I struggled to feel convinced.I know I m onto a winner when I can turn the movie on in my head as I read meaning I can picture the characters and landscapes and actually this is nothing to do with how detailed the author s descriptions are but I have to say it just didn t happen for me with this novel It s always interesting to learn something new as I read, but I felt that the author c I do have some reservations about this book Namely, that the characters seemed undeveloped and at times I struggled to feel convinced.I know I m onto a winner when I can turn the movie on in my head as I read meaning I can picture the characters and landscapes and actually this is nothing to do with how detailed the author s descrip...Review I thought there was potential in this story, but I don t think that it was carried out in the best way it could be I don t think the story of the doctor was the best choice It felt strange to be jumping between England and the Sudan Perhaps focusing on General Gordon or on Will would have beeneffective I couldn t get into it, and didn t finish it.Genre Historical DramaCharacters General Charles Gordon John Clarke Mary Clarke Betty WillSetting Khartoum Sudan Review I thought there was potential in this s...Yeah Post colonialism is not my thing So reading a novel on the taking of Khartoum is not something I d do if not for a course I m taking on life writing Apart from the story, which was acceptable, if not really exciting, there were quite a lot of mistakes in my edition spelling, grammer, sentence construction And that s just a no go, always The events described should be really interesting, but I did not really sympathise with the characters, so that didn t really help me getting along w Yeah Post colonialism is not my thing So reading a novel on the taking of Khartoum is...The historical events in this book were confusing to me, I didnt really know much about the conflict that the book was centred on before I read the book and at the end I was none the wiser.The army officer John CLarke who was sent to Khartoum seemed a bit of a bumbling...I began hating this book I was bored, I didn t enjoy the writing style, the characters were uninteresting as was the period of time it was set in Then, shortly before I reached halfway I began to really enjoy the novel Each character blossomed, every story unique and interesting from Mary a struggle...

• English
• 10 August 2017
Gillian Slovo
• Paperback
• 352 pages
• 184408664X
• Gillian Slovo
• An Honourable Man