Angus Knostam: Nile River Gunboats 1882-1918 [2016] paperback ZARTA 'A cyclone of a novel'

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Angus Knostam: Nile River Gunboats 1882-1918 [2016] paperback ZARTA 'A cyclone of a novel'For more than 30 years the Nile river gunboat was an indispensable tool of empire, policing the great river and acting as floating symbols of British imperial power. They participated in every significant colonial campaign in the region, from the British invasion of Egypt in 1882 to the Battle of Omdurman in 1898, when Britain finally won control of the Sudan. After that, the gunboats helped maintain British control over both Egypt and the Sudan, and