The Crimean War and Its Afterlife: Making Modern Britain

by Lara Kriegel

The mid-nineteenth century's Crimean War is frequently dismissed as an embarrassment, an event marred by blunders and an occasion better forgotten. In The Crimean War and its Afterlife Lara Kriegel sets out to rescue the Crimean War from the shadows. Kriegel offers a fresh account of the conflict and its afterlife: revisiting beloved figures like Florence Nightingale and hallowed events like the Charge of the Light Brigade, while also turning attention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108842224
• ISBN13: 9781108842228
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"