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Letters From Headquarters Or The Realities Of The War In The Crimea Vol 1 Of 2
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Download or read book The Crimean War written by Orlando Figes and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the maps available in the print edition do not appear in the ebook. From "the great storyteller of modern Russian historians," (Financial Times) the definitive account of the forgotten war that shaped the modern age The Charge of the Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale—these are the enduring icons of the Crimean War. Less well-known is that this savage war (1853-1856) killed almost a million soldiers and countless civilians; that it enmeshed four great empires—the British, French, Turkish, and Russian—in a battle over religion as well as territory; that it fixed the fault lines between Russia and the West; that it set in motion the conflicts that would dominate the century to come. In this masterly history, Orlando Figes reconstructs the first full conflagration of modernity, a global industrialized struggle fought with unusual ferocity and incompetence. Drawing on untapped Russian and Ottoman as well as European sources, Figes vividly depicts the world at war, from the palaces of St. Petersburg to the holy sites of Jerusalem; from the young Tolstoy reporting in Sevastopol to Tsar Nicolas, haunted by dreams of religious salvation; from the ordinary soldiers and nurses on the battlefields to the women and children in towns under siege.. Original, magisterial, alive with voices of the time, The Crimean War is a historical tour de force whose depiction of ethnic cleansing and the West's relations with the Muslim world resonates with contemporary overtones. At once a rigorous, original study and a sweeping, panoramic narrative, The Crimean War is the definitive account of the war that mapped the terrain for today's world..
Book Synopsis Alphabetical Catalogue of the War Department Library (including Law Library.) by : David Fitzgerald
Download or read book Alphabetical Catalogue of the War Department Library (including Law Library.) written by David Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alphabetical Catalogue of the War Department Library (including Law Library) by : United States. War Department. Library
Download or read book Alphabetical Catalogue of the War Department Library (including Law Library) written by United States. War Department. Library and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Siege of Sevastopol, 1854–1855 by : Anthony Dawson
Download or read book The Siege of Sevastopol, 1854–1855 written by Anthony Dawson and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the grueling Crimean War battle as told through personal accounts of those who fought there. The Crimean War, the most destructive and deadly war of the nineteenth century, has been the subject of countless books, yet historian Anthony Dawson has amassed an astonishing collection of previously unknown and unpublished material, including numerous letters and private journals. Many untapped French sources reveal aspects of the fighting in the Crimea that have never been portrayed before. The accounts demonstrate the suffering of the troops during the savage winter and the ravages of cholera and dysentery that resulted in the deaths of more than 16,000 British troops and 75,000 French. Whilst there is graphic first-hand testimony from those that fought up the slopes of the Alma, in the valley of death at Balaklava, and the fog of Inkerman, the book focusses upon the siege; the great artillery bombardments, the storming of the Redan and the Mamelon, and the largest man-made hole in history up to that time when the Russians blew up the defences they could not hold, with their own men inside. The Siege of Sevastopol also highlights, for the first time, the fourth major engagement in the Crimea, the Battle of the Tchernaya in August 1855, the Russians’ last great attempt to break the siege. This predominantly French-fought battle has never before examined in such in English language books. Praise for The Siege of Sevastopol, 1854–1855 “In this fascinating book, the voices of men involved in the war in the Crimea are heard for the first time. Compelling and intriguing stuff.” —Books Monthly “The author has collected a large amount of previously unpublished material for this new work. Entries from private letters and journal are mixed with French sources previously unused in the English-speaking world. The result is a work that effectively conveys the thoughts and experiences of the participants to the reader.” —Warfare History Network
Book Synopsis Catalogue of books belonging to the library of the British factory, St. Petersburg by : Leningrad Brit. factory, libr
Download or read book Catalogue of books belonging to the library of the British factory, St. Petersburg written by Leningrad Brit. factory, libr and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bibliotheca Lindesiana ... by : James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of Crawford
Download or read book Bibliotheca Lindesiana ... written by James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Society of Writers to H. M. Signet in Scotland by : David Laing (secrétaire du Bannatyne Club.)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Society of Writers to H. M. Signet in Scotland written by David Laing (secrétaire du Bannatyne Club.) and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum by : Boston Athenaeum
Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum written by Boston Athenaeum and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Books by : Sotheran
Download or read book Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Books written by Sotheran and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the signet library by : Anonymous
Download or read book Catalogue of the signet library written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Download or read book The First VCs written by John Grehan and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Officers led and men followed; all were expected to do their duty without thought of reward. Enlisted men rarely penetrated the officer ranks and promotion owed more to money than merit. Then came the Crimean War.The incompetence and ineffectiveness of the senior officers contrasted sharply with the bravery of the lower ranks. Fuelled by the reports from the first-ever war correspondents which were read by an increasingly literate public, the mumblings of discontent rapidly grew into a national outcry. Questions were asked in Parliament, answers were demanded by the press why were the heroes of the Alma, Inkerman and the Charge of the Light Brigade not being recognised? Something had be done.That something was the introduction of an award that would be of such prestige it would be sought by all men from the private to the Field Marshal. It would be the highest possible award for valour in the face of the enemy and it bore the name of the Queen for whom the men fought.This is the story of how the first Victoria Crosses were attained in the heat of the most deadly conflict of the nineteenth century. It is also an examination of how the definition of courage, as recognised by the awarding of VCs, evolved, from saving the regimental colours at the Alma to saving a comrade in the No Mans Land before Sevastopol.
Book Synopsis Sale-catalogues of Second-hand Books on Sale by Henry Sotheran & Co by : Sotheran, Henry and Co
Download or read book Sale-catalogues of Second-hand Books on Sale by Henry Sotheran & Co written by Sotheran, Henry and Co and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Real War Horses written by Anthony Dawson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-10-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many histories have been written about the conflicts the British army was involved in between the Battle of Waterloo and the First World War. There are detailed studies of campaigns and battles and general accounts of the experiences of the soldiers. But this book by Anthony Dawson is the first to concentrate in depth, in graphic detail, on the experiences of the British cavalry during a century of warfare. That is why it is of such value. It is also compelling reading because it describes, using the words of the cavalrymen of the time, the organization, routines, training and social life of the cavalry as well as the fear and exhilaration of cavalry actions. Perhaps the most memorable passages record the drama and excitement of cavalry charges and the brutal, confused, often lethal experience of close-quarter combat in a melee of men and horses. Few books give such a direct inside view of what it was like to serve in the British cavalry during the nineteenth century.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of Books Exclusive of Prose Fiction in the Central Lending Library by : Leeds (England). Public Libraries, Art Gallery and Museum
Download or read book Catalogue of Books Exclusive of Prose Fiction in the Central Lending Library written by Leeds (England). Public Libraries, Art Gallery and Museum and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alphabetical Catalogue of the War Department Library by : United States. War Dept. Library
Download or read book Alphabetical Catalogue of the War Department Library written by United States. War Dept. Library and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature by :
Download or read book The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Charge of the Light Brigade by : John Grehan
Download or read book The Charge of the Light Brigade written by John Grehan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most notorious, and most contentious, cavalry charge in history still remains an enigma. Though numerous books have been written about the charge, all claiming to reveal the truth or to understand the reason why; exactly what happened at Balaklava on 25 October 1854 continues to be fiercely debated. Voices from the Past, The Charge of the Light Brigade relives that fateful day not through the opinions of such historians but from the words of those that were there. This is the story of the charge told by the soldiers of both sides, in the most detailed description of the Battle of Balaklava yet written. Gallop with the light dragoons and lancers into the mouths of the Russian cannon as the shells and cannonballs decimate their ranks. Read of the desperate efforts to return down the Valley of Death as the enemy pressed around the remnants of the Light Brigade, and of the nine Victoria Crosses won that day.Possibly more significant are the accusations and counter-arguments that followed the loss of the Light Brigade. Just who was responsible for that terrible blunder? The leading figures all defended their own positions, leading to presentations in Parliament and legal action. Yet one of those senior figures made an astonishing admission immediately after the battle, only to change his story when the charge became headline news. Just who was it that made the fatal error that cost the British Army its Light Brigade?
