met a Sy A ae aby MR DESERT SAND NG hee, csBLOOD-RED DESERT SAND THE BRITISH INVASIONS OF EGYPT AND THE SUDAN 1882-1898 MICHAEL BARTHORPCassell & Co Wellington House. 125 Strand London WC2R OBB Copyright © Michael Barthorp 1984 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the Publisher. First published in Great Britain as War on the Nile, 1984 ‘This edition 2002 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication data: A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-304-36223-9 ‘The right of Michael Barthorp to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him In accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Printed and bound in Slovenia by Mladinska knjigatiskama dd, Ljubljana by arrougement With Presemova druzba dd