The Crimean War : a history / Orlando Figes.
From "the great storyteller of modern Russian historians" comes the definitive account of the Crimean War, a forgotten war that shaped the modern age. Figes reconstructs the first full conflagration of modernity, a global industrialized struggle fought with unusual ferocity and incompetence.
Record details
- ISBN: 0805074600
- ISBN: 9780805074604
- ISBN: 9781250002525
- Physical Description: xxiii, 576 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Published simultaneously in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books, London, as 'Crimea'"--T.p. verso.Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Religious wars -- Eastern questions -- The Russian menace -- The end of peace in Europe -- Phoney war -- First blood to the Turks -- Alma -- Sevastopol in the autumn -- Generals January and February -- Cannon fodder -- The fall of Sevastopol -- Paris and the new order -- Epilogue: The Crimean War in national myth and memory.
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- Subject:
- Crimean War, 1853-1856.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 947.0738 FIG (Text) | 36015000707451 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 947 F (Text) | 39493106882840 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | 947 (Text) | 38344101381059 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | 947 F (Text) | 34208202938097 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | 947.073 FIG (Text) | 22281500053635 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Eden Library | 947 F (Text) | 31554009236125 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 947.0738 F (Text) | 33258009596623 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | 947.0738 Figes (Text) | 30519007872016 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Leath Memorial Library | 947 F (Text) | 58198000495526 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lee County Main Library | 947F (Text) | 33262003075709 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
From "the great storyteller of modern Russian historians" comes the definitive account of the Crimean War, a forgotten war that shaped the modern age. Figes reconstructs the first full conflagration of modernity, a global industrialized struggle fought with unusual ferocity and incompetence.
