Gordon Riots worn inside the bank. From that date until 31 March 1973 the detachment became more functional than ceremonial, doing their duties in service dress with automatic weapons. Maria Edgeworth's 1817 novel "Harrington" contains a vivid evocation of the Gordon Riots, with two characters readers would find unsympathetic taken for Papists and finding refuge in the home of the rich Spanish Jew, the father of the young Jewish woman at the centre of the love story. Charles Dickens' 1841 novel "Barnaby Rudge" depicts the Gordon Riots and features Lord George in a prominent role. John Creasey's 1974 novel "The Masters of
Charles Gordon (journalist) the short-lived sitcom "Not My Department". He also wrote the afterword for the New Canadian Library edition of Paul Hiebert's influential humor novel "Sarah Binks". He was a three-time nominee for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, garnering nods in 1986 for "The Governor General's Bunny Hop", in 1994 for "How Not to Be Too Bad" and in 2002 for "The Grim Pig". He was granted an honorary doctorate from the University of Brandon in 1994. Charles Gordon (journalist) Charles Gordon (born 1940) is a Canadian writer and retired journalist, best known as a longtime columnist for the "Ottawa