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The Reason Why
The Reason Why
Author: Cecil Woodham Smith
ISBN-13: 9780760707005
ISBN-10: 0760707006
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 290
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Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Book Type: Hardcover
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Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do or die,
Into the valley of death
Rode the six hundred.

--Alfred, Lord Tennyson

During the Crimean War, fought by Russia against Britain, France and Turkey, there occurred a battle of such monumental stupidity and wasteful casualties on the part of the British that it was celebrated in poetry and song. This book details the chronology of events and clash of aristocratic personalities that led to what amounted to a suicide charge by an entire cavalry brigade.
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Excellently researched on the men and events leading up to the Crimean War.
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This book is subtitled, The Incredible Story of the Charge of the Light Brigade. A fascinating account of the personalities that went into this incredible military blunder.