ASIN: B00EZ6X6O2
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 544
The 7th Earl of Cardigan will forever be remembered as the man who led the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in 1854. A fatal event for so many of his men, it was to rejuvenate Cardigan's life.Hitherto his career had been dogged by public scandal and professional disgrace: a failed marriage to a divorcee, two court appearances for adultery, two courts martials, numerous duels (which earned him the sobriquet "the homicidal earl"), and a state trial for intent to murder, but on his return from Balaclava, Cardigan was hailed as a hero. But was Cardigan a hero?Or was the fierce criticism of his conduct in the Crimea by fellow officers - that he treated horses badly and men worse - justified, and in keeping with his reprehensible past?Casting Cardigan against the colourful backdrop of a country in the throws of social, political and economic revolution, Saul David unravels ...
