The Reason Why
The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade
$52.43
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 July 1991
Summary
This history is a war story of astonishing courage and honor, of stupidity, of blood, death, agony – and waste.
Nothing in British campaign history has ever equaled the tragic farce that was the charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War’s Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854.
In this fascinating study, Cecil Woodham-Smith shows that responsibility for the fatal mismanagement of the affair rested with the Earls of Cardigan and Lucan, brothers-in-law and sworn enemie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140012781 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140012788 |
| Author: | Cecil Woodham-Smith |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 1991 |
| Weight: | 253g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 16mm |
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About The Author
Cecil Woodham-Smith
Cecil Blanche Woodham-Smith was a British historian and author of popular history books on the Victorian era, including The Great Hunger, Queen Victoria, The Reason Why, and Thin Men of Hadda. She was appointed CBE in 1960, and received honorary doctorates from the National University of Ireland and the University of St. Andrews. She died in 1977.
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