Crimea

Crimea: the last crusade

by Figes, Orlando

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CRIMEAN WAR. 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. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia could control a huge swathe of land from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf. But it was also a war of religion, driven by a fervent, populist and ever more ferocious belief by the Tsar and his …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Crimea : the last crusade / Orlando Figes.

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CRIMEAN WAR. 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. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia could control a huge swathe of land from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf. But it was also a war of religion, driven by a fervent, populist and ever more ferocious belief by the Tsar and his ministers that it was Russia's task to rule all Orthodox Christians and control the Holy Land. Orlando Figes' major new book reimagines this extraordinary war, in which the stakes could not have been higher and which was fought with a terrible mixture of ferocity and incompetence.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Penguin
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2011.

Notes

Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2010.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 575 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781846145001, 1846145007
  • oclc:ocn869825157
  • LC Classification:DK214
  • Dewey Decimal:947.0738

Subjects

Crimean War, 1853-1856 European History Guerre de Crimée, 1853-1856 HISTORY -- Military

Writers

Figes, Orlando

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