Orlando Figes, Figes Orlando Crimea English · Paperback / Softback

Informationen zum Autor Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of Peasant Russia , Civil War , A People's Tragedy , Natasha's Dance , The Whisperers and Just Send Me Word . His books have been translated into over thirty languages. Klappentext Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of Peasant Russia , Civil War , A People's Tragedy , Natasha's Dance and The Whisperers . He lives in Cambridge and London. His books have been translated into over twenty languages. Zusammenfassung The Crimean War one of the fiercest battles in Russia's history, killing nearly a million men and completely redrawing the map of Europe. Bringing to life soldiers in snow-filled trenches, surgeons on the battlefield and the haunted, fanatical figure of Tsar Nicholas himself, this title tells the human story of a tragic war.

Product details

• Authors: Orlando Figes, Figes Orlando
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 02.06.2011
• Subject: Non-fiction book; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918
• EAN: 9780141013503
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101350-3
• Pages: 575
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.7 x 2.7 cm
• Subjects: Russia, European History, First World War, cloud atlas, homo sapiens, British Empire, Julian Barnes, Russian Revolution, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Cold War, Prisoners of Time, Northern Ireland, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Jamie Superfood, Richard III, Bettany Hughes, Alan Bennett, c 1850 to c 1859, Mary Beard, red famine, the world at war, prisoners of geography, the last, rory stewart, war with russia, alison weir, Robert Service, spiritual almanac, stalins war, Jamie Oliver superfood, Mick Hume, the whisperers, napoleonic wars non-fiction, a peoples tragedy, natashas dance, harry potter illustrated books, the ottomans baer