The British Expedition to the Crimea (Classic Reprint)
The British Expedition to the Crimea (Classic Reprint)

Author: William Howard Russell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-12

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 9781333922573

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Excerpt from The British Expedition to the Crimea The British eet is once more in Besika Bay, but there is now no allied squadron by its side. N 0 British minister ventures to say that our eet is stationed there to protect the integrity of Turkey. If the record of what Great Britain did in her haste twenty-two years ago be of any use in causing her to re ect on the consequences of a violent reaction now, the publication of this revised edition of the History of the Expedition to the Crimea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

“The” Ottoman Crimean War
“The” Ottoman Crimean War

Author: Candan Badem

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 9004182055

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This book analyzes the Crimean War from the Ottoman perspective based mainly on Ottoman and Russian primary sources, and includes an assessment of the War s impact on the Ottoman state and Ottoman society.

William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856–1890
William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856–1890

Author: Ingrid Hanson

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1783083352

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‘William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856–1890’ combines a close reading of Morris’s work with historical and philosophical analysis in order to argue, contrary to prevailing critical opinion, that his writings demonstrate an enduring commitment to an ideal of violent battle. The work examines Morris’s representations of violence in relation to the wider cultural preoccupations and political movements with which they intersect, including medievalism, Teutonism, and the visionary, fractured socialism of the ‘fin de siècle’.

Classical Victorians
Classical Victorians

Author: Edmund Richardson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-02-07

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1107026776

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This is a compelling account of Victorian Britain's troubled relationship with antiquity. Extraordinary characters - the virtuoso forger, the blundering general and the bitter prodigy - will engage scholars and general readers alike. This wide-ranging narrative breaks new ground in the fast-growing field of classical reception studies.

In Search of Mary Seacole
In Search of Mary Seacole

Author: Helen Rappaport

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-09-06

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1639362754

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From New York Times bestselling author Helen Rappaport comes a superb and revealing biography of Mary Seacole that is testament to her remarkable achievements and corrective to the myths that have grown around her. Raised in Jamaica, Mary Seacole first came to England in the 1850s after working in Panama. She wanted to volunteer as a nurse and aide during the Crimean War. When her services were rejected, she financed her own expedition to Balaclava, where her reputation for her nursing—and for her compassion—became almost legendary. Popularly known as ‘Mother Seacole’, she was the most famous Black celebrity of her generation—an extraordinary achievement in Victorian Britain. She regularly mixed with illustrious royal and military patrons and they, along with grateful war veterans, helped her recover financially when she faced bankruptcy. However, after her death in 1881, she was largely forgotten. More recently, her profile has been revived and her reputation lionised, with a statue of her standing outside St Thomas's Hospital in London and her portrait—rediscovered by the author—now on display in the National Portrait Gallery. In Search of Mary Seacole is the fruit of almost twenty years of research and reveals the truth about Seacole's personal life, her "rivalry" with Florence Nightingale, and other misconceptions. Vivid and moving, In Search of Mary Seacole shows that reality is oftem more remarkable and more dramatic than the legend.