| - Book Title: The thin red line
- Author: John Selby
- ISBN: 241019001
- Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
- Year Published: 1970
- Our Normal Price: £27.50 GBP ($0.00 USD)
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- Description: Hamish Hamilton, 1970: first edition hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 5.75 x 9 inches tall: maps to endpapers: 257 pages: black and white maps: black and white and colour illustrations, some full-page. Synopsis: A detailed account of the Battle of Balaclava, with particular emphasis on the contribution of the Highland Brigade, particularly that of the the 93rd Highlanders, famously described as " the thin red line". Based exclusively on eyewitness reports from British, French and Russian sources, the author presents the conflict as a coherent whole, including the actions of Ragland, Cardigan, Lucan, Campbell, Scarlet,Bousquet and Canrobert, staff offices, surgeons, lady spectators, war correspondence, and the ordinary soldiers on both sides . The battle is set in its historical context and the author details the political manoeuvring, the problems of cholera, previous battles, the influences of Florence Nightingale and the events which led to the epic struggle which produced no decisive solution , and demonstrated the inefficiencies of the British high command. Condition: very clean and good overall
- Condition: Collectable- Very Good
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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