1st Edition

Charge! Hurrah! Hurrah! A Life of Cardigan of Balaclava

By Donald Thomas Copyright 1974
384 Pages
by Routledge

396 Pages
by Routledge

396 Pages
by Routledge

For James Thomas Brudenell, 7 th Earl of Cardigan, leading the Light Brigade at Balaclava was but one incident in a life of sensation and notoriety. Donald Thomas’s biography, originally published in 1977, and based on new material when originally published, shows this most controversial Victorian against a panorama of regimental intrigue and aristocratic luxury. Dismissed from the army for... Read more

1. Prelude 2. The Young Lord 3. Conduct Unbecoming 4. Pistols for Two 5. By God and My Peers! 6. Criminal Conversation 7. Going to the Wars 8. Charge! Hurrah! Hurrah! 9. ‘Was Lord Cardigan A Hero At Balaclava?’ 10. Adeline.

Biography

Donald Thomas