The Charge by Mark Adkin
This book shatters many long-held conception s of how and why the charge of the Light Brigade happened, a nd who was to blame. This is a gripping and definitive book for the general reader and military buff alike. '
Adkin, Mark: - Major Mark Adkin was commissioned into The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in 1956 and served with it and The Royal Anglian Regiment in Germany, Malaya, Mauritius and Aden. On leaving the British Army he joined the Overseas Civil Service and was posted to the Solomon Islands. Transferred to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, he was one of the last British District Officers anywhere in the world. His final overseas post was as a contract officer for five years with the Barbados Defence Force, and it was as the Caribbean operations staff officer that he participated in the US invasion of Grenada in 1983. He now lives in Bedford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780850524697 |
| ISBN 10 | 0850524695 |
| Title | The Charge |
| Author | Mark Adkin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1996-03-14 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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