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The Charge

Why the Light Brigade Was Lost

by Mark Adkin

Balaklava, Battle of, Balaklava, Ukraine, 1854Crimean War, 1853-1856HistoryMilitary HistoryGreat Britain. Army. Light BrigadeGreat BritainGreat Britain. Army

The charge of the Light Brigade, one of Britain's best known glorious disasters. This book shatters many long-held conceptions of how and why it happened, and who was to blame.

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For young readers

Book data: Open Library