ASIN: B00QJDS1DK
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 58
*Includes pictures*Includes descriptions of the charge made by survivors*Examines the myths and legends surrounding the charge*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe Charge of the Light Brigade is the most famous British cavalry charge in history, possibly also eclipsing the renown of any other mounted attack conducted by the armed forces of other nations in the general imagination. This cavalry action is certainly remembered far more vividly than the 1854 Battle of Balaclava during which it occurred, and even the wider Crimean War that led to the battle. Of course, the prominence of the Charge in popular and historical memory is due primarily to Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem describing the events of that distant late October afternoon. The bearded Poet Laureate crafted a powerful, gripping poetic narrative that fixed the encounter firmly in both the ...
