{"product_id":"the-reason-why-the-story-of-the-fatal-charge-of-the-light-brigade-paperback","title":"The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCecil Woodham-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis history is a war story of astonishing courage and honor, of stupidity, of blood, death, agony -- and waste. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nothing in British campaign history has ever equaled the tragic farce that was the charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War's Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854. In this fascinating study, Cecil Woodham-Smith shows that responsibility for the fatal mismanagement of the affair rested with the Earls of Cardigan and Lucan, brothers-in-law and sworn enemies for more than thirty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In revealing the combination of pride and obstinacy that was to prove so fatal, Woodham-Smith gives us a picture of a vanished world, in which heroism and military glory guaranteed an immortality impossible in a more cynical age.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCecil Blanche Woodman-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e was a British historian and author of popular history books on the Victorian era, including \u003ci\u003eThe Great Hunger, Queen Victoria, The Reason Why, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThin Men of Hadda\u003c\/i\u003e. She was appointed CBE in 1960, and received honorary doctorates from the National University of Ireland and the University of St. Andrews. She died in 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 7.72 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52700902588749,"sku":"9780140012781","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/eQiH7UKKiX9780140012781.webp?v=1762212033","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-reason-why-the-story-of-the-fatal-charge-of-the-light-brigade-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}