'Wrapped in Whirlwinds'

This passionate and evocative book covers the major events that led up to the Great War between Russia and Great Britain and her unexpected ally France. It features the famous and the infamous battles of Balaclava, the Alma and Inkerman and the extraordinary siege of Sevastopol and also includes a view of the Great Charge of the Light Brigade through the eyes of a Russian gunner, and captures the harrowing scenes of the field hospitals where Florence Nightingale established her reputation.