Letters Home from The Crimea: A Young Cavalryman's Campaign
by Philip Warner
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages224 pages
ISBN
9781900624244
Published
1999
Description
Among the British troops bound for the black sea in May 1854 was a young officer in the 5th dragoon guards, richard temple Godman. Godman sent many detailed letters home to his family in surrey throughout the campaign. H...Among the British troops bound for the black sea in May 1854 was a young officer in the 5th dragoon guards, richard temple Godman. Godman sent many detailed letters home to his family in surrey throughout the campaign. He served through the entire war, and took part in the charge of the heavy brigade at balaklava, not returning to England until June, 1856.fresh and easy to read, Godman's letters provide an un-rivaled picture of what it was really like to be in the crimea.