The Reason Why

The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade

Cecil Woodham-Smith

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English

Penguin Books Ltd
01 July 1991

History; History: specific events & topics; Warfare & defence

This history is a war story of astonishing courage and honor, of stupidity, of blood, death, agony -- and waste.

Nothing in British campaign history has ever equaled the tragic farce that was the charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War's Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854.

In this fascinating study, Cecil Woodham-Smith shows that responsibility for the fatal mismanagement of the affair rested with the Earls of Cardigan and Lucan, brothers-in-law and sworn enemies for more than thirty years.

In revealing the combination of pride and obstinacy that was to prove so fatal, Woodham-Smith gives us a picture of a vanished world, in which heroism and military glory guaranteed an immortality impossible in a more cynical age.

By: Cecil Woodham-Smith
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New impression
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 253g
ISBN: 9780140012781
ISBN 10: 0140012788
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 July 1991
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade

A dramatic interpretation of the Charge of the Light Brigade in terms of courage and the disastrous mismanagement of aristocratic trade that made it possible. Dually profiled are the Earis of Lucan and Cardigan whose drama of bad blood builds Balaclava and the fatal order. (Kirkus Reviews)