Crimea

The Great Crimean War 1854 - 1856

By: Trevor Royle

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Paperback | 2 November 2000 | Edition Number 1

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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.

About the Author

Trevor Royle is a well-known writer and broadcaster on military history. His two most recent books are highly praised biographies of two of Britain's best-known yet unorthodox imperial servants, Glubb Pasha and Orde Wingate.

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Royle provides a full account of the war of 1854-56 that broke almost 40 years of European peace, putting it into its historical context - 200 pages pass before the British army fires a shot - and explaining why the fighting men suffered so from the now proverbial incompetence of the supply services. Diplomacy and war are treated with equal firmness of grasp and lightness of touch. A good sort of book from which to start liking history. (Kirkus UK)

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