Readers who are keen to broaden their understanding of the Crimean War and of the British army of the period will gain a critical insight through the variety of books we publish on the subject.
Memoirs and letters written by soldiers who took part provide graphic first-hand accounts of the campaign, and biographies and reassessments of key battles are essential reading for students of the Crimea and of nineteenth-century warfare in general.
Anthony Dawson's The Real War Horses provides a contemporary, readable and updated account of the role that horses have played in war fare. Many books have been written about wider campaigns of the British Army, whilst others have been written with a specialised focus on the Cavalry stucture, uniforms and equipment. The book focuses on the key involvement of the horse in conflict throughout the modern period including the Horse and Rider, The Muddy Fields of Waterloo, Colonial Adventures, The Crimean War, The Indian Mutiny, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa and Horsemen in the Trenches in the Great War. But, a crucial aspect of this book is its concentration upon the role of cavalry as a whole within war in the modern period, and the role of the most crucial living creature of them all to this, apart from man; the horse. This book has been thoroughly researched, based upon letters and diaries written by British soldiers serving in different campaigns, and printed in contemporary newspapers... Read more
Jon Sandison, Freelance
Anthony Dawson's The Real War Horses provides a contemporary, readable and updated account of the role that horses have played in war fare. Many books have been written about wider campaigns of the British Army, whilst others have been written with a specialised focus on the Cavalry stucture, uniforms and equipment. The book focuses on the key involvement of the horse in conflict throughout the modern period including the Horse and Rider, The Muddy Fields of Waterloo, Colonial Adventures, The Crimean War, The Indian Mutiny, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa and Horsemen in the Trenches in the Great War. But, a crucial aspect of this book is its concentration upon the role of cavalry as a whole within war in the modern period, and the role of the most crucial living creature of them all to this, apart from man; the horse. This book has been thoroughly researched, based upon letters and diaries written by British soldiers serving in different campaigns, and printed in contemporary newspapers... Read more
Jon Sandison, Freelance
A long-overdue book about the awarding of the first Victoria Crosses of the Crimean War. Recommended.
Victoria Cross Society
A long-overdue book about the awarding of the first Victoria Crosses of the Crimean War. Recommended.
Victoria Cross Society
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Into the Jaws of Death
Between the Crimean War and the dawn of the 20th century, the British Army was almost continuously engaged in one corner of the globe or another, in military operations famously characterized by Kipling as the 'savage wars of peace'. In his new work on the most dramatic Victorian campaigns Mike Snook bring's the most dramatic clashes of the age of… Read more...
