Hell Riders The Truth About the Charge of the Light Brigade
by Brighton, Terry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670915289
- ISBN 13
- 9780670915286
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Penguin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670915289 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 9.29 X 6.22 X 1.65 inches; 370 pages; "On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. This vivid and extraordinarily detailed account of the charge and the bloody melee that followed, by an author with unique access to regimental archives, is told largely in the words of the survivors themselves. Terry Brighton takes the reader closer than ever before to the experience of charging down the Valley of Death." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18893
- Title
- Hell Riders The Truth About the Charge of the Light Brigade
- Author
- Brighton, Terry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670915289
- ISBN 13
- 9780670915286
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- 0670915289, Crimea, cavalry, Light brigade
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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