The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan: Volume 1
Alexander William Kinglake
Jan 1863 · Edinburgh ; London : W. Blackwood
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Christian Gehman
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May 2, 2016
Kinglake's History of the Invasion is one of the world's great books. Kinglake's true subject is character in men. Courage, or its lack, in short. Kinglake served as one of Lord Raglan's adjutants. When the war ended, Raglan was in disgrace because he had lost the war. And he died in disgrace. Raglan's widow gave Kinglake all of Raglan's dispatch papers and said: "You know the truth. Clear his name." Long ago, the English journalist Geoff Bocca recommended this as "a book by which no intelligent man could fail immediately to be fascinated, no matter to what page he might open it. And I found this to be true. It is also an eminently re-readable book. Kinglake's analysis of great power politics in Europe is still pertinent today, though the cast of characters has changed. -- Christian Gehman, prizewinning novelist
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