Hell Riders: The Truth About the Charge of the Light Brigade

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pp. xxii [3] 370.”On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. This vivid and extraordinarily detailed account of the charge and the bloody mêlée that followed, by an author with unique access to regimental archives, is told largely in the words of the survivors themselves. Terry Brighton takes the reader closer than ever before to the experience of charging down the Valley of Death.” remainder mark on the base of the book

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ISBN 0670915289
ISBN13 9780670915286
Number of pages 370
Original Title Hell Riders: The Truth About the Charge of the Light Brigade
Published Date 2004
Book Condition Very good
Jacket Condition Very good
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication London
Edition Eighth
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pp. xxii [3] 370.”On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. This vivid and extraordinarily detailed account of the charge and the bloody mêlée that followed, by an author with unique access to regimental archives, is told largely in the words of the survivors themselves. Terry Brighton takes the reader closer than ever before to the experience of charging down the Valley of Death.” remainder mark on the base of the book

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Weight 0.77 kg