Crimea. The last crusade. Faydes O.

The British historian British Orlando Faydes is a comprehensive and thorough study of a large -scale and bloody conflict, in which the prototype of the total wars of the 20th century can be seen. Without changing the traditional manner of historical narrative and setting out events in strict chronological sequence, the author managed to turn the affairs of the long-lasting days into a tense story about the tragic weaves of the diplomatic, military and religious history of the conflict member states (Russia, Turkey, France and Great Britain) with the personal fate of politicians , soldiers, officers, nurses, doctors, marquitants, journalists and other people, by the will of the fate of those drawn into the Fire Wart of the Crimean War - the war of the empires, in which there were no winners.