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The Siege of Sevastopol 1854 - 1855 (ePub)

The War in the Crimea Told Through Newspaper Reports, Official Documents and the Accounts of Those Who Were There

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By Anthony Dawson
Frontline Books
Series: Voices from the Past
File Size: 4.1 MB (.epub)
Pages: 269
ISBN: 9781848329591
Published: 19th September 2017

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The Crimean War, the most destructive and deadly war of the nineteenth century, has been the subject of countless books, yet historian Anthony Dawson has amassed an astonishing collection of previously unknown and unpublished material, including numerous letters and private journals. Many untapped French sources reveal aspects of the fighting in the Crimea that have never been portrayed before.

The accounts demonstrate the suffering of the troops during the savage winter and the ravages of cholera and dysentery that resulted in the deaths of more than 16,000 British troops and 75,000 French. Whilst there is graphic first-hand testimony from those that fought up the slopes of the Alma, in the valley of death at Balaklava, and the fog of Inkerman, the book focusses upon the siege; the great artillery bombardments, the storming of the Redan and the Mamelon, and the largest man-made hole in history up to that time when the Russians blew up the defences they could not hold, with their own men inside.

The Siege of Sevastopol also highlights, for the first time, the fourth major engagement in the Crimea, the Battle of the Tchernaya in August 1855, the Russians’ last great attempt to break the siege. This predominantly French-fought battle has never before examined in such in English language books.

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Military Heritage, May 2018

In my view the book is worth its cover price just for what it says about Alma but it also reveals that the French administration in the first winter was not as good as we have been told. They may not have been as bad as we were, but they had huge difficulties too. I warmly recommend it as essential reading for everyone interested in the Crimean War.

Crimean War Research Society

The author has already produced a number of successful books reviewing aspects of the Crimean War. This new book is part of the popular Voices From The Past – Much Recommended.

Read the complete review here.

Firetrench

The Voices From The Past series is one of the most fascinating of all history projects. In this fascinating book, the voices of men involved in the war in the Crimea are heard for the first time. Compelling and intriguing stuff.

Books Monthly

About Anthony Dawson

Born in Wakefield in 1980, ANTHONY DAWSON gained a degree in archaeology from the University of Bradford before going on to be a Post Graduate Research Student at the University of Leeds, attaining an MA in History by Research. As well as being a lecturer in History and Archaeology at Salford City College, Anthony worked for the Museum of the Manchester. A member of the Crimean War Research Society, he is also the author of a number of books, including French Infantry of the Crimean War.

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