The Crimean War

FFRENCH BLAKE, R L V

ISBN 10: 1844154491 / ISBN 13: 9781844154494

Published by Pen & Sword, 2006

About this Item

Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are generally in very good order. No particular bumping or wear to corners or edges. Spine is intact and bright. Textblock is tight, bright and clean. 181 pp. Pictoral glazed paper dust jacket with white lettering to spine and front. Dj is in an as new condition. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 472g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 029431:1-R8) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 472 G.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Crimean War
• Publisher: Pen & Sword
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844154491
• ISBN 13: 9781844154494
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Weight: 472 grams
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Military History

About this title

Synopsis

When this book was first published in 1971 the opening paragraph of the blurb read:

“You could fill a library with books about the Crimean War, and that, paradoxically, is why this book has been written. For in this library you would find exhaustive histories, some reaching to several volumes; you would find biographies, commentaries, diaries and treatises written from this angle and from that – but you would not find a single concise volume, a straightforward and objective account of the war covering the peripheral theatres as well as the Crimean itself, giving all the fundamental facts, yet pleading no special cause. This book aims to fill that gap.”

Now, over thirty years later, that remains substantially true. The next paragraph began: “The battlefields round Sevastopol are at present inaccessible, even to Russian tourists.” Happily this is no longer true, and a number of agencies take tours to the battlefields of the Crimea. As the illustrations in this book were originally selected with the intention of making the reader familiar with the topography of the siege and the battles of Balaclava, Inkerman and the Chernaya, it will prove an invaluable asset to anyone visiting the Crimea.