by Brian Thompson · HarperCollins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780006532217
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«Imperial Vanities: The Adventures of the Baker Brothers and Gordon of Khartoum» is the history book by Brian Thompson, in paperback.
The book interweaves the lives of three Victorians: the explorer Samuel Baker, his brother Valentine, a cavalry officer, and Charles Gordon, a soldier who fell at Khartoum. It ranges across the upper Nile, Egypt, Ceylon and the slave markets of the Balkans; an adventure that portrays the British Empire and the idea that God was English.
Revised edition, published by HarperCollins in 2003, in English, with 320 pages.
For readers interested in the history of the British Empire, the nineteenth century and biographies of explorers and soldiers.
Brian Earl Thompson is an American actor. His career began with a small role in the 1984 film The Terminator. He played the villainous "Night Slasher" in the 1986 film Cobra. His first named role was on Werewolf, a horror series that ran during Fox's inaugural broadcasting year of 1987–1988. Thompson has played several characters in the Star Trek franchise—the most notable being the Klingon Lieutenant Klag, who informed Commander William Riker that "Gagh is always best when served live", the Alien Bounty Hunter on The X-Files, and Eddie Fiori on Kindred: The Embraced. In 2014, he produced, wrote and starred in the B movie parody The Extendables.
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