Britannia's Gamble is the 10th book in the Dawlish Chronicles series of historical naval adventure novels It's 1884 A fanatical Islamist revolt is sweeping all before it in the vast wastes of the Sudan and establishing a rule of persecution and terror. Only the city of Khartoum holds out, its defence masterminded by a British national hero, General Charles Gordon. His position is weakening by the day and a relief force,...