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The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade

Cecil Woodham-Smith

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Nothing in British campaign history has ever equalled the tragic farce that was the Charge of the Light Brigade. In this fascinating study, Cecil Woodham-Smith shows that responsibility for the fatal mismanagement of the affair rested with the Earls of Cardigan and Lucan, brothers-in-law and sworn enemies for more than thirty years. In revealing the combination of pride and obstinacy that was to prove so fatal, the author gives us a picture of a vanished world, in which heroism and military glory guaranteed an immortality impossible in a more cynical age.

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Edition:: Illustrated, Reprint

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0140012788

ISBN13:: 9780140012781

kindle Asin:: B00BPN5YJS

The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade

Cecil Woodham-Smith

4.18/5 (500 ratings)

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Nothing in British campaign history has ever equalled the tragic farce that was the Charge of the Light Brigade. In this fascinating study, Cecil Woodham-Smith shows that responsibility for the fatal mismanagement of the affair rested with the Earls of Cardigan and Lucan, brothers-in-law and sworn enemies for more than thirty years. In revealing the combination of pride and obstinacy that was to prove so fatal, the author gives us a picture of a vanished world, in which heroism and military glory guaranteed an immortality impossible in a more cynical age.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: Illustrated, Reprint

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0140012788

ISBN13:: 9780140012781

kindle Asin:: B00BPN5YJS

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