About this title: The Crimean War is one of the most compelling subjects in British history. Everyone knows about the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, and men like Raglan and Cardigan became 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 ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Abacus 1999
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780349114804ISBN:0349114803
Description: ISBN 0349114803. Hardback. Very Good condition book, with some browning to edges of interior pages, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. No statement of later printing on copyright page. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780312230791ISBN:0312230796
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Ex-Library. 9 1/2 h x 61/2w. A very interesting 564 page hard cover book on The Crimean War of 1854-1856. Clearly states a first St. Martin's Press publication, April 2000. Full number sequence 10-1 present on copyright page. A near fine ex-library book with front end page stamped Discarded, property of the Nashville Public Library and on top fly. Front and back boards have area where library pockets use to be. The conflict in which Britain and France went to the ... read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780349112848ISBN:0349112843
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 512 pages. (512 pages) masterly account of the crimean war of 1854-56-a watershed in military history. 16 b&w photographs edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: 2004-02-21
ISBN-13:9781403964168ISBN:1403964165
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781403964168ISBN:1403964165
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Description: Slight edgcreasing on dw ow very good. Colonial & Other Wars-General The conflict in The Crimea was a watershed in world history, coming between the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and the first shots of the First World war in 1914. It was a conflict in which Britain and France went to the aid of the Ottoman Empire to protect it from Russian territorial claims. New weapons such as the Enfield Rifle were introduced, trench combat became a fact of daily combat outside Sevastopol, and at sea ... read more
Description: New. Hardcover w / dustjacket. NEW NEW NEW; never read; never sold. Nothing more to say. Book fine; dj fine. No remainder mark; no priceclip. In sealed plastic protection. 1999. Hardcover w / dustjacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: 2000-05-19
ISBN-13:9780312230791ISBN:0312230796
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781403964168ISBN:1403964165
Description: Good. Books have varying amounts of wear and highlighting. Usually ships within 24 hours in quality packaging. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Edition: Reprint Edition
Binding: Original Cloth
Publisher: Abacus, a Division of Little, Brown and Co, London
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780349114804ISBN:0349114803
Description: Photographs, Portraits, Maps, and Other Illustrations. Very Good+/Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 2000 Abacus reprint edition of a book first issued in 1999 by Little, Brown and Company. Though Abacus is usually a paperback reprint publisher, this book is bound in original black cloth with spine lettered in gold. Contents clean though toned, binding sturdy. Marbled red-and-black dust jacket lettered in blue, orange, and white has full-color reproduction of contemporary painting wrapping around ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown
Date Published: 1999-11-04
ISBN-13:9780316648493ISBN:0316648493
Description: Very Good. NICE CONDITION THICK HARDCOVER BOOK IN DUST JACKET. NO WRITING OR MARKINGS IN TEXT. ALMOST NO WEAR TO COVER. ONLY LIGHT WEAR TO DUST JACKET. A CLEAN & SOLID COPY. LOC: ROYLE. read more
"I found this account on the Crimean War by Trevor Royle to be a very enjoyable and easy to read book. The story was well written and the narrative just seemed to flow along, taking the reader on an exciting trip through history. Although, as previously mentioned, the author does not spend a great amount of time on describing the battles of this conflict, he does manage to cover most aspects of this terrible war. I did find out a number of things that I had not previously read in other books and his descriptions of the battles were still well presented. Throughout the book the author utilised personal accounts from a number of the participants and these seemed to fit the narrative quite well.
Trevor Royle has taken the time to give the reader a detailed account of the events leading up to the Crimean War and for once this was as enjoyable to read as the actual details of the conflict. I was fascinated by the story and at no time did I find the book boring which sometimes happens when an author starts talking about politics. I thought that maybe more maps could have been supplied but those featured were detailed enough to follow the story. A number of black and white photographs were also utilised to assist the reader follow the story. However I feel that more photos of the conflict could have been used especially since this was one of the first wars to receive so much media attention, a point mentioned many times by the author.
The book is over 500 pages long and a number of the less known battles and conflicts, both on land and sea, are covered by the author. I found that his defence of Lord Raglan was well presented and deservedly so when consideration is taken of the period and state of society from which Raglan emerged. Overall this is a well-presented and enjoyable account of this terrible conflict and I found it to be as good as Christopher Hibbert's `The Destruction of Lord Raglan' and Alan Palmer's `The Banner of Battle'. I would recommend this book to any person who enjoys a decent history book or just a good read!"
"Think the war in Iraq was a huge mistake based on faulty justification? Read this...A solid history of the war whose politics and technology took Europe from Waterloo to the first world war and beyond."
"Unfortunately, I have concluded that this war is not worth reading about for more than 200 pages. This book has its moments, particularly when describing some of the bloodiest battles, but it violates the 200 page limit for no good reason. Too much about too little."
"The Crimean War was a watershed in many ways. It saw Britain and France, traditional enemies, fighting on the same side, it saw Alexis Soyer and Florence Nightingale working to improve conditions for the troops; it was the first war where a distant government could impose its will on the battlefield by telegraph, and it saw some Englishmen planning the attack that would be the murderous Gallipoli campaign in 1915."
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