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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.



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His skill lies in knitting together many disparate reports so that a clear picture of the action emerges from the smoke, confusion - and gore - of battle. * BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE (May 2006) *

The Thin Red Line An eyewitness history of the

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      Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 09/02/2006
      ISBN13: 9780304367214, 978-0304367214
      ISBN10: 0304367214

      Description

      Book 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.



      Trade Review
      His skill lies in knitting together many disparate reports so that a clear picture of the action emerges from the smoke, confusion - and gore - of battle. * BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE (May 2006) *

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