Crimea: the last crusade
War
Human-narrated audio
Summary
The terrible conflict that dominated the mid-19th century, the Crimean War killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. Drawing on a range of sources, Figes gives the lived… experience of the war, from that of the ordinary British soldier in his snow-filled trench, to the haunted, gloomy, narrow figure of Tsar Nicholas himself as he vows to take on the whole world in his hunt for religious salvation. 2010.