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Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856
Author: Trevor Royle
Binding: Hardcover
Published: 01 April, 2000
ISBN: 0312230796
$49.95
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Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856
by: Trevor Royle
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.1 / 5.0 
Enjoyable History of the Crimean War:
I found this new account on the Crimean War by Trevor Royle to be a very enjoyable and easy to read book. The story was well written and the narrative just seemed to flow along, taking the reader on an exciting trip through history. Although, as previously mentioned, the author does not spend a great amount of time on describing the battles of this conflict, he does manage to cover most aspects of this terrible war. I did find out a number of things that I had not previously read in other books and his... more info
Crimea by Trevor Royle: 
Being a hardcore history buff, I picked up this book at a hefty 35.00 price from the local book store, and delved into its 500 pages. The book was delightful, with humor (in a dry, British style) pervading all of the passages. However, the book became confusing, and the lack of maps (as mentioned numerous times above) helped to confuse the reader. I ended up pulling out a National Geographic map of the Balkans and Crimea to follow along. The writer tends to use confusing grammatical choices (of course I am... more info
Good but not Enough:
As a reader already observed, this book is, to begin with, very anglo centered as it happens with boring regularity with almost every anglosaxon historian, no matter the issue. French partner in this war appears, of course, how it could be otherwise, but always as if from a side, as a distant guy that by chance was there. I think the subjet is the Crimean war or should be so, not England in-war-in-Crimea.
From a sheer military point of view the book lacks too much. Battles are more or less described,... more info
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