A Brief History of the Crimean War
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
20 June 2011
Summary
In September 1854, the armies of Britain, France and Turkey invaded Russia. In the months that followed over half a million soldiers fell. They died from bullet wounds and shrapnel, cholera and disease, starvation and freezing. The Crimean War was a medieval conflict fought in a modern age. But what is rarely appreciated, and what this historical examination shows, is that this extraordinary and costly struggle was fought not only in the Crimea, but also along the Danube, in the Arctic Ocean,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845294205 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1845294203 |
| Author: | Alexis Troubetzkoy |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 20 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 242g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 136mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Brief Histories |
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”‘The war and its causes was a colossal comedy of errors in which at every moment the question was asked, “Who is being swindled here?’” Frederick Engels Their’s not to make reply, Their’s not to reason why, Their’s but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. - ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’, Alfred Lord Tennyson”
About The Author
Alexis Troubetzkoy
Alexis S. Troubezkoy was born in Paris in 1934 into a Russian princely family. At an early age he emigrated to the United States. He is the author of Imperial Legend: The Mysterious Disappearance of Tsar Alexander I and The Road to Balaklava. He lives in Canada.
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