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Hell Riders: the Truth about the Charge of the Light Brigade At Balaklava on 25 October 1854, the British Light Brigade 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. In the slaughter that followed, many fell to roundshot and shell fired from the front and from both sides. Those who survived took a terrible revenge on the enemy. This vivid account of the charge and the bloody melee that followed, told largely in the words of the survivors, puts the reader in the saddle to race down the valley of death with the Light Brigade, engage the Russian gunners, and struggle back to the British lines pursued by Cossacks. Hell Riders reveals the horrific truth about the charge as experienced by the cavalrymen who rode hell's mile. It's magnificent - read it! Richard Madeley, Richard and Judy Show A masterly, moving and entertaining book. Allan Mallinson, The Times Brighton writes with pace and precision. Spectator Combines a gripping yarn with deep insight. Publishers Weekly (US) Watch a six-minute documentary on the Charge written and narrated by Terry Brighton. Features graphic scenes of the charge and the original 1890 recording of Alfred Tennyson reading his famous poem. |
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