THE REASON WHY

1954

First American Edition

By: Cecil Woodham-Smith

McGraw Hill Book Company Ltd. [New York]

(287 pages, 4 illustrations, 2 maps, bibliography, index)

Hardcover [Blue & Yellow cloth]

Item Number: 12049

$25.00

Description

The feud between Lucan and Cardigan and the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in the Crimean War; due to an ambiguous order, 488 out of 673 men were lost. Later reprinted as “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” A very good copy, corners bumped, endpapers lightly browned.