Figes, Orlando
Crimea
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141013503
- author:
- Figes, Orlando
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 608
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm
- Genre:
- History
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Orlando Figes' Crimea tells the story of one of the fiercest battles in Russia's history, the Crimean War. This conflict, which dominated the nineteenth century, was marked by the use of new technologies such as photography and the telegraph, and pitted the Tsar's empire against an alliance of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. The war was fought over territory, from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf, and was driven by a fervent belief that it was Russia's task to rule all Orthodox Christians and control the Holy Land. Figes brings to life ordinary soldiers in snow-filled trenches, surgeons on the battlefield, and the haunted figure of Tsar Nicholas himself, revealing the human story behind this tragic conflict. A vivid and sensitive portrayal of a neglected war and its forgotten victims, Crimea sheds new light on this pivotal moment in European history.
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