Crimea

Crimea

the Great Crimean War, 1854-1856

by Trevor Royle
3/5
(22 votes)

The Crimean War is one of the most compelling subjects in British history.

Everyone knows about the Charge of the Light Brigade and men like Raglan and Cardigan, have become household names.

The story of Florence Nightingale, 'the Lady with the Lamp', and the heroic reporting of William Russell, THE TIMES' intrepid correspondent, and the sonorous names of the battles, are ingrained deep within the British military consciousness - Sebastopol, Inkerman, Balaclava and the Alma.

Trevor Royle demonstrates how the Crimean War was a watershed in world history: coming between the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and the opening shots of the First World War in 1914 it pointed the way to what mass warfare would be like for soldiers in the twentieth century.

Format
564 pages, Paperback
First published
2000
Publishers
St. Martin's Press
Subjects
Crimean war·1853-1856
Language
English

A gripping read. This book reminds us that we probably already knew a lot about the Crimean War without realising it.

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