• The Thin Red Line
  • The Thin Red Line
  • The Thin Red Line
  • The Thin Red Line
  • The Thin Red Line
  • The Thin Red Line
  • The Thin Red Line
  • The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line: An eyewitness history of the Crimean War

Non-Fiction, History & Politics, European History, Military History, Pre-WWI, General European History | Paperback Published on: 09/02/2006
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Synopsis

A FORGOTTEN VOICES for Victoria's Redcoats

The Crimean War was the first 'modern' war for the British forces: journalists reported home via the telegraph, a device that also tempted the government to micro-manage the war from the comfort of Whitehall. It is most famous for the charge of the Light Brigade, celebrated in poetry and film as a classic British military disaster. It also gave us 'The Thin Red Line', when a handful of British infantry saw off a horde of Russian cavalry.

It was the first war in which ordinary British soldiers recorded their experiences - and Julian Spilsbury brings their story to life, together with the very different world of their officers and assorted mistresses. The army in the Crimea was a microcosm of Victorian society with all its strengths and weaknesses.

  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9780304367214
  • Number of pages: 352
  • Weight: 240g
  • Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 24 mm