The Last Witness of Empire
The city of Omdurman was a smudge of dust and heat on the horizon of the Sudanese plains. It was 1898, and the British Empire was at the zenith of its arrogance, yet the air was thick with the scent of an approaching end. General Alistair Thorne had been the iron fist of the Empire in Africa. He had built forts, crushed rebellions, and mapped the river with a cold, mathematical precision. He...
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