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Crimea

the Last Crusade

Figes, Orlando

Crimea

Crimea

the Last Crusade

Crimea

 

A gripping narrative history of the Crimean War, a conflict which combined aspects of the modern (photography, frontline newspaper coverage) and the traditional (illiterate soldiers, amateur officers and huge casualties caused by disease).

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Beschrijving Crimea

The Crimean War one of the fiercest battles in Russia's history, killing nearly a million men and completely redrawing the map of Europe. Bringing to life soldiers in snow-filled trenches, surgeons on the battlefield and the haunted, fanatical figure of Tsar Nicholas himself, this title tells the human story of a tragic war.

ISBN
9780141013503
Pagina's
608
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NUR
680
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Paperback / softback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Penguin Books Ltd

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