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The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade
Cecil Woodham-Smith
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.
288 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 1, 1991 |
| ISBN13 | 9780140012781 |
| Publishers | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 129 × 196 × 16 mm · 231 g |
| Language | English |
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