The Illustrated History of the War against Russia.

Pp. viii, 812, viii, 772, slight foxing + 7 Engraved coloured maps + 65 Steel engraved views & portraits, slight foxing. Original half calf. Raised spine bands gilt with embossed decorated panels, spine chipped at base & rubbed....The Crimean (1853 -1856) was a conflict between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. Most of the conflict took place on the Crimean peninsula ....The Crimean War is the apotheosis of British military incompetence, a conflict mismanaged on every level. Presiding over by Lord Raglan, On multiple occasions, he referred to the Russians as ?the French,? forgetting France was now his ally.