The Charge: The Real Reason why the Light Brigade was Lost - Couverture souple

Adkin, Mark

 
9780712664615: The Charge: The Real Reason why the Light Brigade was Lost
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0712664610 ISBN 13 : 9780712664615
Editeur : Pimlico, 2000

Synopsis

The charge of the Light Brigade is one of Britain's best-known glorious military disasters. On 25 October 1854, during the siege of Sebastopol, the Light Brigade attacked Russian gun positions at Balaclava. The charge lasted 7 and 1/2 minutes; of 673 officers and men who went into action, 247 men and 497 horses were lost. This book shatters many long-held conceptions of how and why it happened, and who was to blame. Mark Adkin, a former professional soldier, has combined military expertise and detailed research of participants' accounts with a careful examination of the actual ground. The result is a gripping and definitive study of a debacle that has never ceased to entral the imagination.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The charge of the Light Brigade is one of Britain's best-known glorious military disasters. On 25 October 1854, during the siege of Sebastopol, the Light Brigade attacked Russian gun positions at Balaclava. The charge lasted 7 and 1/2 minutes; of 673 officers and men who went into action, 247 men and 497 horses were lost. This book shatters many long-held conceptions of how and why it happened, and who was to blame. Mark Adkin, a former professional soldier, has combined military expertise and detailed research of participants' accounts with a careful examination of the actual ground. The result is a gripping and definitive study of a debacle that has never ceased to entral the imagination.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mark Adkin became a professional soldier in 1956. After leaving the British Army he was one of the last British District officers (in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands) and as the Caribbean Operations Staff Officer he participated in the US invasion of Grenada in 1983. He has written several books on military subjects, including Urgent Fury, Goose Green and Prisoner of the Turnip Heads.

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Éditeur
Pimlico
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0712664610
ISBN 13 
9780712664615
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780850524697: The Charge: Why the Light Brigade Was Lost

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0850524695 ISBN 13 :  9780850524697
Editeur : Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 1996
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