Readers who are keen to broaden their understanding of the Crimean War and of the British army of the period will gain a critical insight through the variety of books we publish on the subject.
Memoirs and letters written by soldiers who took part provide graphic first-hand accounts of the campaign, and biographies and reassessments of key battles are essential reading for students of the Crimea and of nineteenth-century warfare in general.
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Highlight: 'If you are painting up Crimean War armies, this is a marvelous collection of imagery and uniform descriptions of all the major players. If you are going to put on a wargame, you'll need a different book for the units and the number of troops per unit for any particular battle.'
Read the full review [link=https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/499573/BOOK-REVIEW-Armies-of-the-Crimean-War-1853-1856]here.[/link]
Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, April 2024
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Highlight: 'If you are painting up Crimean War armies, this is a marvelous collection of imagery and uniform descriptions of all the major players. If you are going to put on a wargame, you'll need a different book for the units and the number of troops per unit for any particular battle.'
Read the full review [link=https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/499573/BOOK-REVIEW-Armies-of-the-Crimean-War-1853-1856]here.[/link]
Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, April 2024
It was well presented with excellent sensible illustrations and photos throughout. I do not hesitate to recommend it to anyone...
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ARRSE (Army Rumour Service)
It was well presented with excellent sensible illustrations and photos throughout. I do not hesitate to recommend it to anyone...
Read the full review [link=https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/a-crimean-winter-of-discontent-the-crimean-war-letters-of-william-john-rous-1854-55edited-by-ian-fletcher.314747/]here[/link]
ARRSE (Army Rumour Service)
Transcribed, edited and annotated by Michael Springman, "Sharpshooter in the Crimea: The Letters of the Captain Gerald Goodlake VC 1854-56" provides a unique, informative, and fascinating perspective on the British forces engaged in the Crimean conflict. While very highly recommended as a core addition to 19th Century British Military History collections in general, and the Crimean War in particular.
Read the full review [link=http://www.midwestbookreview.com/lbw/feb_23.htm#military]here[/link]
Midwest Book Review
Transcribed, edited and annotated by Michael Springman, "Sharpshooter in the Crimea: The Letters of the Captain Gerald Goodlake VC 1854-56" provides a unique, informative, and fascinating perspective on the British forces engaged in the Crimean conflict. While very highly recommended as a core addition to 19th Century British Military History collections in general, and the Crimean War in particular.
Read the full review [link=http://www.midwestbookreview.com/lbw/feb_23.htm#military]here[/link]
Midwest Book Review
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The Bookseller, Jan 23
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The Bookseller, Jan 23
The Crimean War is old history these days. And yet if you look at some of the photos of wounded veterans in the Royal Collection Trust archive, some of those portraits look as though they could have been taken yesterday.
These days, the Crimea is probably better known - by those who care to interest themselves in such matters - as the seat of more recent Russian aggression, but this new book by Pen and Sword is a fascinating examination of that earlier campaign which lasted from October 1853 to February 1856. I had a vague knowledge of the main battles but I had no idea at all that a railway was constructed from Balaclava to the front line.
This book ticks all the boxes for me: well researched, well-illustrated, readable (not dry), with footnotes, an index and a bibliography. Well done, Anthony Dawson.
[b] 5 out of 5 [/b]
Amazon Customer, Paul Nixon
The Crimean War is old history these days. And yet if you look at some of the photos of wounded veterans in the Royal Collection Trust archive, some of those portraits look as though they could have been taken yesterday.
These days, the Crimea is probably better known - by those who care to interest themselves in such matters - as the seat of more recent Russian aggression, but this new book by Pen and Sword is a fascinating examination of that earlier campaign which lasted from October 1853 to February 1856. I had a vague knowledge of the main battles but I had no idea at all that a railway was constructed from Balaclava to the front line.
This book ticks all the boxes for me: well researched, well-illustrated, readable (not dry), with footnotes, an index and a bibliography. Well done, Anthony Dawson.
[b] 5 out of 5 [/b]
Amazon Customer, Paul Nixon