The Crimean War: 1854-1856

(Book #2 in the Osprey Essential Histories Series)

by John Sweetman

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This bitter war between Russia and Turkey, aided by Britain and France, was the setting for the stuff of legends. This book details the gallant yet suicidal Charge of the Light Brigade, now immortalised in film: in the words of Tennyson, 'Into the Valley of Death rode the Six Hundred'. It relates the reports made by the first real war correspondant, William Russell of the London Times - reports which served only to highlight the army's problems -...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1841761869

ISBN13:9781841761862

Release Date:January 2001

Publisher:Osprey Publishing (UK)

Length:96 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 6.7" x 9.8"

Related Subjects

Europe History Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Reference Russia Ukraine

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