Charge of the Light Brigade

A "compelling" portrait of the fateful Crimean War cavalry charge told through the soldiers'' own words (Historical Novels Review).The most notorious, and most contentious, cavalry charge in history still remains an enigma. Though numerous books have been written about the charge, all claiming to reveal the truth or to understand the reason why, exactly what happened at Balaklava on October 25, 1854 continues to be fiercely debated.Voices from the Past: The Charge of the Light Brigade relives that fateful day not through the opinions of historians but from the words of those that were there. This is the story of the charge told by the soldiers of both sides, in the most detailed description of the Battle of Balaklava yet written. Gallop with the light dragoons and lancers into the mouths of the Russian cannon as the shells and cannonballs decimate their ranks. Read of the desperate efforts to return down the Valley of Death as the enemy pressed around the remnants of the Light