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This is the only book on the Crimean War anyone could need. It is lucid, well-written, alive and sensitive. Above all, it tells us why this neglected conflict and its forgotten victims deserve our remembrance (Oliver Bullough The Independent )
This is a heart-rending book ... its importance cannot be overestimated ... This book should be made compulsory reading in Russia today (Antony Beevor, Author Of 'stalingrad' )
A wonderful subject, on every level, and with Orlando Figes it has found the historian worthy of its width and depth (Norman Stone Standpoint )
Figes is a first class historian... [he] proves an excellent guide to the vagaries of the battlefield, the suffering of the ordinary soldiers and the way in which the war became a crucial part of late-Victorian patriotic mythology, contributing to a new ethos of muscular Christianity (Dominic Sandbrook Daily Telegraph )
Orlando Figes ... is back doing what he does best - telling us things about Russia and the world that we did not know, and proving that they are important to our understanding of the world today ... With his deep understanding of Russia and its uncomfortable opposition in the world, Figes elegantly underlines how the cold war of the Soviet era froze over fundamental fault lines that had opened up in the 19th century (Angus Macqueen The Observer )
It is a fine stirring account, expertly balancing analysis with a patchwork of quotation from a wide variety of spectators and participants, together with an impressive narrative across the vast panoramic sweep of the war ... However, the book's true originality lies in its unravelling of the Crimean War's religious origins (Mark Bostridge Financial Times )
Keenly judged, vivid history of a bloody and pointless conflict (Sunday Times Culture )
An exhaustively researched, beautifully written book (Saul David BBC History )
One of our most engaging narrative historians, Orlando Figes has produced with his latest book a rollickingly good account of a war that shocked mid-Victorian England ... intelligent and reliable history ... Figes is a stylish and compelling narrator (Lesley Chamberlain Literary Review )
An impressive piece of scholarship ... a concise portrait of the political situation of the time (Telegraph Books of the Year 2010 )
A stellar historian. As ever, it mixes strong narrative pace, a grand canvas and compelling ideas about current geopolitical tensions (Tristram Hunt Observer Best Books of the Year: 2010 )
A sparkling and in passages brilliant account ... it stands amply and slendidly on its own two feet (David Hearst Guardian )
A first-class historian, as his splendid new book, an epic account of the Crimean War of 1853-56, amply demonstrates (Daily Telegraph )
A model of wide-lens military history (Dan Jones The Times (Christmas books 2010) )
Wonderful ... an amazing panoramic view ... I've rarely read anything like it (Claire Tomalin )
A masterful account of lost and stolen lives (Sunday Times )
Awesome ... one of the most unforgettable books I have ever read. I defy anyone to read it without weeping at its human suffering, cruelty and courage ... in this book these righteous heroes have their rightful memorial (Simon Sebag Montefiore Mail on Sunday )
This is a heart-rending book ... its importance cannot be overestimated ... This book should be made compulsory reading in Russia today (Antony Beevor, Author Of 'stalingrad' )
A wonderful subject, on every level, and with Orlando Figes it has found the historian worthy of its width and depth (Norman Stone Standpoint )
Figes is a first class historian... [he] proves an excellent guide to the vagaries of the battlefield, the suffering of the ordinary soldiers and the way in which the war became a crucial part of late-Victorian patriotic mythology, contributing to a new ethos of muscular Christianity (Dominic Sandbrook Daily Telegraph )
Orlando Figes ... is back doing what he does best - telling us things about Russia and the world that we did not know, and proving that they are important to our understanding of the world today ... With his deep understanding of Russia and its uncomfortable opposition in the world, Figes elegantly underlines how the cold war of the Soviet era froze over fundamental fault lines that had opened up in the 19th century (Angus Macqueen The Observer )
It is a fine stirring account, expertly balancing analysis with a patchwork of quotation from a wide variety of spectators and participants, together with an impressive narrative across the vast panoramic sweep of the war ... However, the book's true originality lies in its unravelling of the Crimean War's religious origins (Mark Bostridge Financial Times )
Keenly judged, vivid history of a bloody and pointless conflict (Sunday Times Culture )
An exhaustively researched, beautifully written book (Saul David BBC History )
One of our most engaging narrative historians, Orlando Figes has produced with his latest book a rollickingly good account of a war that shocked mid-Victorian England ... intelligent and reliable history ... Figes is a stylish and compelling narrator (Lesley Chamberlain Literary Review )
An impressive piece of scholarship ... a concise portrait of the political situation of the time (Telegraph Books of the Year 2010 )
A stellar historian. As ever, it mixes strong narrative pace, a grand canvas and compelling ideas about current geopolitical tensions (Tristram Hunt Observer Best Books of the Year: 2010 )
A sparkling and in passages brilliant account ... it stands amply and slendidly on its own two feet (David Hearst Guardian )
A first-class historian, as his splendid new book, an epic account of the Crimean War of 1853-56, amply demonstrates (Daily Telegraph )
A model of wide-lens military history (Dan Jones The Times (Christmas books 2010) )
Wonderful ... an amazing panoramic view ... I've rarely read anything like it (Claire Tomalin )
A masterful account of lost and stolen lives (Sunday Times )
Awesome ... one of the most unforgettable books I have ever read. I defy anyone to read it without weeping at its human suffering, cruelty and courage ... in this book these righteous heroes have their rightful memorial (Simon Sebag Montefiore Mail on Sunday )
Kurzbeschreibung
The terrible conflict that dominated the mid 19th century, the Crimean War killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia could control a huge swathe of land from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf. But it was also a war of religion, driven by a fervent, populist and ever more ferocious belief by the Tsar and his ministers that it was Russia's task to rule all Orthodox Christians and control the Holy Land. Orlando Figes' major new book reimagines this extraordinary war, in which the stakes could not have been higher and which was fought with a terrible mixture of ferocity and incompetence. It was both a recognisably modern conflict - the first to be extensively photographed, the first to employ the telegraph, the first 'newspaper war' - and a traditional one, with illiterate soldiers, amateur officers and huge casualties caused by disease. Drawing on a huge range of fascinating sources, Figes also gives the lived experience of the war, from that of the ordinary British soldier in his snow-filled trench, to the haunted, gloomy, narrow figure of Tsar Nicholas himself as he vows to take on the whole world in his hunt for religious salvation.
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Gut lesbarer Überblick über den Krim-Krieg und seine Hintergründe. Bin kein Fachmann, aber das Buch erscheint ausgewogen und gut recherchiert. Erfreulicher Weise nich so oberflächlich, wie viele "Doku-Soaps". Für den ernsthaft Interessierten empfehlenswert.
Format:Taschenbuch|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
You should know that Orlando Figes is a profound British historian of Russia. I know it will not take long until I will read a comment which will bring up the story from 2010 with the faked reviews for his book. Please read Historian Orlando Figes admits posting Amazon reviews that trashed rivals over at The Guardian. I have a clear opinion about that.
But that does not debase the quality of the book.
Introduction
This is my first review of a history book. At first sight it seems to be something different compared to a fantasy review. And in fact it is different. It seems impossible to review a history book without retelling parts of the content. Have a look at the result and decide whether it is worth to read or not.
Delivery
On the formal level the paperback copy delivered everything I expect from a modern history book: Pictures, illustrations, maps, detailed index, notes, bibliography, explanation regarding dates and names.
Crimea is divided into twelve chapters and an epilogue titled The Crimean War in Myth and Memory.
I think the description from the back of the book give a first impression about the dimension of the Crimean War: 800,000 war victims !!!
That means this war has been as bloody as the American Civil War.
The perception of these wars is totally different.
It is Orlando Figes' merit to set in motion the change of perception.
Based on a huge amount of British, Ottoman, French and Russian sorces he draws a view on the Crimean War which goes far beyond the emphasized stories (like the Charge of the Light Brigade) by military historians. It is a view which includes the political, social, religious and econimical context of the time.
He talks about religion, the complicated politics of Palestine, the Russian messianism, the Russophobia of the English, the progress in weaponry, communication, the increasing influence of newspapers, the instrumentalization of the mass and other things in a not expected way. He enriched the dimplomatic point of view with real events.
The detailed description of the events on Good Friday, on 10 April 1846, in Jerusalem left me dumbfounded. It showed me again that in the name of religion everything is possible. I do not want to go into details because in that case I could post the whole book.
I would like to point out that ant to point out that Orlando Figes takes his time to explain in detail the eve of war where eve of war means a longer period of time. He unfolds unknown events with a virtuosity that let time fly by.
The chapters depicting the war itself including the main battles and the Sewastopol siege are far beyond the statements you find in other history book. He gives the events a face, a body, a name.
It becomes clear that the Crimean War has been a war with inner conflicts:
- Modern weapons versus outdated warfare
- Aristocratic senior command versus poor class troopers
- Sanitation versus disease
It took me longer than expected to read the war related chapters because I had to shook my head that often.
Imagine you arrive with a ship and you are not allowed to disembark for two and a half days and you run out of water.
Imagine you go to war an the command has no maps of the region.
It is Orlando Figes who gives the soldiers attention by delivering their suffering and fighting experiences. But he never gets lost in details. He tries to give a vivid impression especialy about the grim siege of Sevastopol.
With Crimea Orlando Figes makes it possible get an understanding of a period of European history which seems to disappear more and more.
It seems inhabitants of Western Europe are more interested in American history than in their on past.
With the information of Crimea by Orlando Figes in mind I felt well prepared for reading Into the Valley of Death (pb, 2012) [ISBN-13: 978-0241954102] by A. L. Berridge. And I can tell you that has been true.
Crimea (pb, 2011)[ISBN-13: 978-0141013503] by Orlando Figes is definitely and extraordinary, excellent and well executed history book.
Orlando Figes is an author who intrigues his reader with his narrative abilities his vivid style and his talent to keep complex circumstances simple, understandable and entertaining.
You want to know more about the Crimean War? Then you need to read only one book: Crimea by Orlando Figes - except you are an author of historical fiction like A. L. Berridge.
But that does not debase the quality of the book.
Introduction
This is my first review of a history book. At first sight it seems to be something different compared to a fantasy review. And in fact it is different. It seems impossible to review a history book without retelling parts of the content. Have a look at the result and decide whether it is worth to read or not.
Delivery
On the formal level the paperback copy delivered everything I expect from a modern history book: Pictures, illustrations, maps, detailed index, notes, bibliography, explanation regarding dates and names.
Crimea is divided into twelve chapters and an epilogue titled The Crimean War in Myth and Memory.
I think the description from the back of the book give a first impression about the dimension of the Crimean War: 800,000 war victims !!!
That means this war has been as bloody as the American Civil War.
The perception of these wars is totally different.
It is Orlando Figes' merit to set in motion the change of perception.
Based on a huge amount of British, Ottoman, French and Russian sorces he draws a view on the Crimean War which goes far beyond the emphasized stories (like the Charge of the Light Brigade) by military historians. It is a view which includes the political, social, religious and econimical context of the time.
He talks about religion, the complicated politics of Palestine, the Russian messianism, the Russophobia of the English, the progress in weaponry, communication, the increasing influence of newspapers, the instrumentalization of the mass and other things in a not expected way. He enriched the dimplomatic point of view with real events.
The detailed description of the events on Good Friday, on 10 April 1846, in Jerusalem left me dumbfounded. It showed me again that in the name of religion everything is possible. I do not want to go into details because in that case I could post the whole book.
I would like to point out that ant to point out that Orlando Figes takes his time to explain in detail the eve of war where eve of war means a longer period of time. He unfolds unknown events with a virtuosity that let time fly by.
The chapters depicting the war itself including the main battles and the Sewastopol siege are far beyond the statements you find in other history book. He gives the events a face, a body, a name.
It becomes clear that the Crimean War has been a war with inner conflicts:
- Modern weapons versus outdated warfare
- Aristocratic senior command versus poor class troopers
- Sanitation versus disease
It took me longer than expected to read the war related chapters because I had to shook my head that often.
Imagine you arrive with a ship and you are not allowed to disembark for two and a half days and you run out of water.
Imagine you go to war an the command has no maps of the region.
It is Orlando Figes who gives the soldiers attention by delivering their suffering and fighting experiences. But he never gets lost in details. He tries to give a vivid impression especialy about the grim siege of Sevastopol.
With Crimea Orlando Figes makes it possible get an understanding of a period of European history which seems to disappear more and more.
It seems inhabitants of Western Europe are more interested in American history than in their on past.
With the information of Crimea by Orlando Figes in mind I felt well prepared for reading Into the Valley of Death (pb, 2012) [ISBN-13: 978-0241954102] by A. L. Berridge. And I can tell you that has been true.
Crimea (pb, 2011)[ISBN-13: 978-0141013503] by Orlando Figes is definitely and extraordinary, excellent and well executed history book.
Orlando Figes is an author who intrigues his reader with his narrative abilities his vivid style and his talent to keep complex circumstances simple, understandable and entertaining.
You want to know more about the Crimean War? Then you need to read only one book: Crimea by Orlando Figes - except you are an author of historical fiction like A. L. Berridge.
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Extraordinary, excellent and well executed history book
22. Mai 2012
Format:Taschenbuch
Delivery
On the formal level the paperback copy delivered everything I expect from a modern history book: Pictures, illustrations, maps, detailed index, notes, bibliography, explanation regarding dates and names.
Crimea is divided into twelve chapters and an epilogue titled The Crimean War in Myth and Memory.
I think the description from the back of the book give a first impression about the dimension of the Crimean War: 800,000 war victims !!!
That means this war has been as bloody as the American Civil War.
The perception of these wars is totally different.
It is Orlando Figes' merit to set in motion the change of perception.
Based on a huge amount of British, Ottoman, French and Russian sorces he draws a view on the Crimean War which goes far beyond the emphasized stories (like the Charge of the Light Brigade) by military historians. It is a view which includes the political, social, religious and econimical context of the time.
He talks about religion, the complicated politics of Palestine, the Russian messianism, the Russophobia of the English, the progress in weaponry, communication, the increasing influence of newspapers, the instrumentalization of the mass and other things in a not expected way. He enriched the dimplomatic point of view with real events.
The detailed description of the events on Good Friday, on 10 April 1846, in Jerusalem left me dumbfounded. It showed me again that in the name of religion everything is possible. I do not want to go into details because in that case I could post the whole book.
I would like to point out that ant to point out that Orlando Figes takes his time to explain in detail the eve of war where eve of war means a longer period of time. He unfolds unknown events with a virtuosity that let time fly by.
The chapters depicting the war itself including the main battles and the Sewastopol siege are far beyond the statements you find in other history book. He gives the events a face, a body, a name.
It becomes clear that the Crimean War has been a war with inner conflicts:
- Modern weapons versus outdated warfare
- Aristocratic senior command versus poor class troopers
- Sanitation versus disease
It took me longer than expected to read the war related chapters because I had to shook my head that often.
Imagine you arrive with a ship and you are not allowed to disembark for two and a half days and you run out of water.
Imagine you go to war an the command has no maps of the region.
It is Orlando Figes who gives the soldiers attention by delivering their suffering and fighting experiences. But he never gets lost in details. He tries to give a vivid impression especialy about the grim siege of Sevastopol.
With Crimea Orlando Figes makes it possible get an understanding of a period of European history which seems to disappear more and more.
It seems inhabitants of Western Europe are more interested in American history than in their on past.
With the information of Crimea by Orlando Figes in mind I felt well prepared for reading Into the Valley of Death (pb, 2012) [ISBN-13: 978-0241954102] by A. L. Berridge. And I can tell you that has been true.
Crimea (pb, 2011)[ISBN-13: 978-0141013503] by Orlando Figes is definitely and extraordinary, excellent and well executed history book.
Orlando Figes is an author who intrigues his reader with his narrative abilities his vivid style and his talent to keep complex circumstances simple, understandable and entertaining.
You want to know more about the Crimean War? Then you need to read only one book: Crimea by Orlando Figes - except you are an author of historical fiction like A. L. Berridge.
On the formal level the paperback copy delivered everything I expect from a modern history book: Pictures, illustrations, maps, detailed index, notes, bibliography, explanation regarding dates and names.
Crimea is divided into twelve chapters and an epilogue titled The Crimean War in Myth and Memory.
I think the description from the back of the book give a first impression about the dimension of the Crimean War: 800,000 war victims !!!
That means this war has been as bloody as the American Civil War.
The perception of these wars is totally different.
It is Orlando Figes' merit to set in motion the change of perception.
Based on a huge amount of British, Ottoman, French and Russian sorces he draws a view on the Crimean War which goes far beyond the emphasized stories (like the Charge of the Light Brigade) by military historians. It is a view which includes the political, social, religious and econimical context of the time.
He talks about religion, the complicated politics of Palestine, the Russian messianism, the Russophobia of the English, the progress in weaponry, communication, the increasing influence of newspapers, the instrumentalization of the mass and other things in a not expected way. He enriched the dimplomatic point of view with real events.
The detailed description of the events on Good Friday, on 10 April 1846, in Jerusalem left me dumbfounded. It showed me again that in the name of religion everything is possible. I do not want to go into details because in that case I could post the whole book.
I would like to point out that ant to point out that Orlando Figes takes his time to explain in detail the eve of war where eve of war means a longer period of time. He unfolds unknown events with a virtuosity that let time fly by.
The chapters depicting the war itself including the main battles and the Sewastopol siege are far beyond the statements you find in other history book. He gives the events a face, a body, a name.
It becomes clear that the Crimean War has been a war with inner conflicts:
- Modern weapons versus outdated warfare
- Aristocratic senior command versus poor class troopers
- Sanitation versus disease
It took me longer than expected to read the war related chapters because I had to shook my head that often.
Imagine you arrive with a ship and you are not allowed to disembark for two and a half days and you run out of water.
Imagine you go to war an the command has no maps of the region.
It is Orlando Figes who gives the soldiers attention by delivering their suffering and fighting experiences. But he never gets lost in details. He tries to give a vivid impression especialy about the grim siege of Sevastopol.
With Crimea Orlando Figes makes it possible get an understanding of a period of European history which seems to disappear more and more.
It seems inhabitants of Western Europe are more interested in American history than in their on past.
With the information of Crimea by Orlando Figes in mind I felt well prepared for reading Into the Valley of Death (pb, 2012) [ISBN-13: 978-0241954102] by A. L. Berridge. And I can tell you that has been true.
Crimea (pb, 2011)[ISBN-13: 978-0141013503] by Orlando Figes is definitely and extraordinary, excellent and well executed history book.
Orlando Figes is an author who intrigues his reader with his narrative abilities his vivid style and his talent to keep complex circumstances simple, understandable and entertaining.
You want to know more about the Crimean War? Then you need to read only one book: Crimea by Orlando Figes - except you are an author of historical fiction like A. L. Berridge.
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