Fletcher does a good job describing Inkerman, which was bloody, but only led to devastating consequences for the British during the winter of 1854-55. The French and British were uneasy allies after years of that war while Russia was now the enemy.ġ854 was the year of the great British victories at the Alma and Inkerman. They carried those memories with them into the Crimea. Many of those who commanded in the years 1854-1856 were young officers in the Peninsula, France or Russia. Fletcher doe Ian Fletcher, the co-author of this book, is an expert on the Napoleonic Wars, which is obvious from his frequent references to those years of conflict. 1854 was the year of the great British victories at the Alma and Inkerman. The French and British were uneasy allies after years of that war while Russia was now the enemy. Ian Fletcher, the co-author of this book, is an expert on the Napoleonic Wars, which is obvious from his frequent references to those years of conflict. The book also features modern battlefields photographs.more It has detailed accounts of the major battles such as Alma, Inkermann Balaclava and Tchernaya. The book contains rare photographs not seen before from Russian archives in Moscow and Simferopol. It is the first ever Anglo-Russian book to be written on the Crimean War. Unlike the vast majority of books on the war this story is told from both the Russian and British sides, giving a new and balances perspective on this famous and ill-fated conflict. Unlike the vast majority of books on t 2004 marks the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War and this book covers the events from the complex causes of the war and the declaration of war by Turkey in 1853, through the involvement of Britain and France in 1854 and the war itself including the bloody battles of Alma, Balaclava and Inkermann to the declaration of peace in 1856. 2004 marks the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War and this book covers the events from the complex causes of the war and the declaration of war by Turkey in 1853, through the involvement of Britain and France in 1854 and the war itself including the bloody battles of Alma, Balaclava and Inkermann to the declaration of peace in 1856.

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