Description
The bitter war between Russia and Turkey, aided by Britain and France, was the setting for the stuff of legends. This book details the gallant yet suicidal Charge of the Light Brigade, now immortalized in film; in the words of Tennyson, 'Into the Valley of Death rode the Six Hundred.' It relates the reports made by the first real war correspondent, William Russell of the London Times--reports that served only to highlight the army's problems. It also memorializes the heroic deeds of Florence Nightingale, who struggled to save young men from the cholera epidemic that became the most formidable enemy in the Crimean War.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Background to war; Chapter 1 Panorama of the conflict; Part 2 Warring sides; Chapter 2 Opposing forces; Part 3 Outbreak; Chapter 3 A just war; Part 4 The fighting; Chapter 4 The clash of arms; Part 5 Portrait of a soldier; Chapter 5 Captain Lewis Edward Nolan; Part 6 Portrait of a civilian; Chapter 6 Women at war; Part 7 How the war ended; Chapter 7 Guns fall silent; Part 8 Conclusion and consequences; Chapter 8 Counting the cost;
