Miscommunication and aristocratic arrogance led to the doomed Charge of the Light Brigade. A heroic but tragic mistake.

The Charge of the Light Brigade plunged into the Valley of Death at Balaklava. A heroic stand turned tragic legend.

And in the incredible debacle of the Light Brigade at remote Sebastopol, the inhumanity of mid-Victorian England was sharply illuminated. This last idea is the uncontroversial theme of Tony ...

A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which ...

A painting of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Richard Caton Woodville, 1894 The Charge of the Light Brigade was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and published in 1854. Tennyson uses a regular ...