Crimea

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
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9780141013503
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101350-3
• No. of pages: 575
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Russia, European History, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1850 to c 1859