On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons.
For many years Terry Brighton has sourced and worked with unique survivor's accounts of this battle. Terry Brighton is the Curator of The Queen's Royal Lancers Museum - the direct descendents of the 17th Lancers who led the charge. He is a member of the Crimean War Research Society and is an authority on The Crimean War. He has a degree in Politics and Philosophy and lives in Grantham.
On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons.
For many years Terry Brighton has sourced and worked with unique survivor's accounts of this battle. Terry Brighton is the Curator of The Queen's Royal Lancers Museum - the direct descendents of the 17th Lancers who led the charge. He is a member of the Crimean War Research Society and is an authority on The Crimean War. He has a degree in Politics and Philosophy and lives in Grantham.
'Hell Riders...is a first-rate account of the charge itself and the system which let it happen. Written with humour and understanding...a masterly, moving and entertaining book.' Allan Mallinson, The Times. 'He writes with pace and precision, and as an account of this episode his book will be hard to beat...excellent'. Simon Heffer, The Spectator.
For many years Terry Brighton has sourced and worked with unique survivor's accounts of this battle. Terry Brighton is the Curator of The Queen's Royal Lancers Museum - the direct descendents of the 17th Lancers who led the charge. He is a member of the Crimean War Research Society and is an authority on The Crimean War. He has a degree in Politics and Philosophy and lives in Grantham.
“An example to all popular historians of how to combine a
gripping yarn with deep insight into the social and cultural forces
driving the action.” —Publishers Weekly
“Brighton recounts the events as the survivors themselves
remembered them . . . Readers who wish to avoid revisionist history
will find the firsthand accounts difficult to resist.”
—Military History
" An example to all popular historians of how to combine a
gripping yarn with deep insight into the social and cultural forces
driving the action." -- Publishers Weekly
" Brighton recounts the events as the survivors themselves
remembered them . . . Readers who wish to avoid revisionist history
will find the firsthand accounts difficult to resist."
-- Military History
"An example to all popular historians of how to combine a
gripping yarn with deep insight into the social and cultural forces
driving the action." --Publishers Weekly
"Brighton recounts the events as the survivors themselves
remembered them . . . Readers who wish to avoid revisionist history
will find the firsthand accounts difficult to resist."
--Military History
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