A picture of the 19th century figure affectionately known as Gordon of Khartoum treasured by Oscar winner Charlton Heston could fetch hundreds of pounds at auction in America later this month.

Queen Victoria's government dispatches General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) to evacuate the city of Khartoum. The Mahdi, who wishes to unite Muslims throughout the Middle East and ...

But for those who aren’t already history buffs (or who aren’t interested in doing a little homework), the full significance of the Siege of Khartoum may be difficult to get a handle on.

Charlton Heston, the Oscar-winning actor who achieved ... Charles “Chinese” Gordon in “Khartoum.” But none of them were as successful critically as “Ben-Hur.” Then, in 1968, he ...

Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing “Ben-Hur” and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the ’50s and ’60s ...

In Charlton Heston, a whole American landscape seemed ... together with El Cid propped dead on his horse, Gordon falling at Khartoum and Michelangelo, flat on his back, painting the Sistine ...

Khartoum is a mixture of historical fact and Hollywood fiction that tells the story of the confrontation in 1884 and 1885 between British Gen. Sir Charles “Chinese” Gordon (CHARLTON HESTON ...

Whether starring as Judah Ben-Hur, Michelangelo or Moses, Charlton ... big for Heston. In The Greatest Story Ever Told, he was John the Baptist; he played El Cid, along with Michelangelo in The Agony ...