Orlando Figes` ” Crimea” is a powerful history of the Crimean War, the conflict that dominated the nineteenth century. The Crimean War one of the fiercest battles in Russia`s history, killing nearly a million men & completely redrawing the map of Europe. Pitting the Tsar`s empire against an alliance of Britain, France & the Ottoman Empire, it was the first conflict to use photography, the telegraph & newspapers; a war over territory, from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf; a war of religion, driven by a fervent, populistbelief by the Tsar & his ministers that it was Russia`s task to rule all Orthodox Christians & control the Holy Land; it was the original `total war`. Orlando Figes` vivid new book reinterprets this extraordinary conflict. Bringing to life ordinary soldiers in snow-filled trenches, surgeons on the battlefield & the haunted, fanatical figure of Tsar Nicholas himself, ” Crimea” tells the human story of a tragic war. ” Lucid, well-written, alive & sensitive, it tells us why this neglected conflict & its forgotten victims deserve our remembrance”. (Oliver Bullough, ” Independent”). ” Figes paints a vivid portrait of a bloody & pointless conflict.. .he knows more about Russia than any other historian”. (Max Hastings, ” Sunday Times”). ”A fine, stirring account”. (Mark Bostridge, ” Financial Times”). ”A wonderful subject, on every level, & with Orlando Figes it has found the historian worthy of its width & depth”. (Norman Stone, ” Standpoint”). ” Figes is a first-class historian, as his splendid new book amply demonstrates”. (Dominic Sandbrook, ” Daily Telegraph”). Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of ” Peasant Russia”, ” Civil War”, ”A People`s Tragedy”, ” Natasha`s Dance”, ” The Whisperers” & ” Just Send Me Word”. His books have been translated into over twenty languages. ...

The Crimean War is one of the most compelling subjects in British history. Everyone knows about the Charge of the Light Brigade & men like Raglan & Cardigan, have become household names. The story of Florence Nightingale, `the Lady with the Lamp`, & the heroic reporting of William Russell, THE TIMES` intrepid correspondent, & the sonorous names of the battles, are ingrained deep within the British military consciousness
- Sebastopol, Inkerman, Balaclava & the Alma. Trevor Royle demonstrates how the Crimean War was a watershed in world history: coming between the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 & the opening shots of the First World War in 1914 it pointed the way to what mass warfare would be like for soldiers in the twentieth century.
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Crimea at 1:300, 000 on an English language map from Kartografija in Kiev with extensive tourist information including an enlargement for the southern coast, street plans of city centres in the region’s main towns & descriptions of numerous places of interest. All place names are shown transliterated into Latin alphabet. Topography is indicated by spot heights with colouring & graphics showing forested areas, vineyards & orchards, etc. National Parks & other protected areas are marked. Road network

Includes:: unsurfaced roads & local tracks & shows locations of petrol stations & car service centres. Railways lines indicate stations & ferry routes also shown. Interesting towns are highlighted & symbols mark places of interest, campsites, etc. The map has latitude & longitude lines drawn at intervals of 30’. An enlargement presents part of the southern coast around Yalta & Alupka in greater detail. Map legend is in English, French & German. The whole of the reverse side is covered by additional tourist information, all in English, providing extensive notes on the region’s protected areas, cultural heritage, & descriptions of places of interest. Also provided are street plans of city centres in Alushta, Feodosiya, Kerch, Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yalta, & Yevpatoriya, highlighting places of interest, various services, tourist accommodation, etc, each with a list of the sights.IMPORTANT
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Administrative provinces of the Ukraine on indexed road maps at 1:250, 000, each with a town centre street plan of its capital city. All place names are in Cyrillic only, but the map legend

Includes:: English. Coverage of the larger provinces is divided between the two sides of the map. Road network is presented in great detail, from international roads, shown with their E numbers, to dirt roads & country paths. Driving distances are marked on main, secondary & selected local roads; the maps also show border crossings, fuel stations, car service stations, & traffic patrol service points. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. The maps also show boundaries of districts into which each region (oblast) is subdivided, & indicate their administrative headquarters. Topography is indicated by spot height, plus boundaries of national parks & other protected areas, & colouring and/or graphics for forests, orchards, vineyards, swamps & salt marshes. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 10’ & 15’ respectively, & are indexed. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title also

Includes:: a local table of driving distances & a street plan of the region’s administrative capital annotated with locations of selected hotels, car parks & petrol stations, museums & monuments, etc. In some titles more street plans are included.IMPORTANT
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Tourist map of the Crimea at 1:300, 000 from Kartografija in Kiev, with all place names in Cyrillic & the accompanying text including the map legend in Ukrainian only. City centre street plans of several towns are included. On one side is a road map of Crimea presenting the road network on a base with colouring indicating woodlands & orchards or vineyards. Topography is indicated by spot heights. Picturesque locations are highlighted & symbols indicate locations of petrol stations & car repair facilities, towns with tourist accommodation, etc. The map has latitude & longitude lines at 20’ & 30’ respectively. The southern coast, from Foros to Yalta & Partenit is also shown in greater detail at 1:00, 000. On the reverse side seven street plans show main roads, tourist accommodation & places of interest in Alushta, Feodosiya, Kerch, Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yalta, & Yevpatoriya. Extensive text provides more information about the region & the towns covered by the street plans. All place names are in the Cyrillic alphabet & all the text including the map legend is in Ukrainian only.IMPORTANT
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Detailed double-sided map of the southern part of the Crimean Peninsula, with cartography of the Ukrainian topographic survey, English map legend & overprint showing main tourist facilities & places of interest. The map divides the peninsula east/west & extends to Evpatoria in the north-west & Feodosia in the east. Contoured base has colouring & graphics to show different types of terrains & vegetation: rocks & ravines, swamps & salt marshes, forests, gardens & vineyards, etc. Locations of petrol stations are indicated & driving distances are shown on main roads. Symbols highlight places of interest &, mainly along the southern coast, various tourist facilities including campsites & other types of holiday accommodation, sport & recreational areas, etc. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 10`. All place names are in Cyrillic alphabet only. Map legend included English.IMPORTANT
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In 2014 Crimea shapes the headlines much as it did some 110 years ago, when the Crimean War pitted Britain, France & Turkey against Russia. Yet few books have been published on the history of the peninsula. For many readers, Crimea seems as remote today as it was when colonised by the ancient Greeks. Neil Kent`s book recounts the history of the Crimea over three millennia. A crossroads between Europe & Asia, ships sailed to & from Crimean ports, forming a bridge that carried merchandise & transmitted ideas & innovations. Greeks, Scythians, Tartars, Russians, Armenians & Genoese are among those who settled the peninsula since antiquity, a demographic patchwork that reflects its geography. The religious beliefs of its inhabitants are almost as numerous: the Hebraicised beliefs of the Karaim Tartars, Islam, Judaisim, Russian & Greek Orthodoxy, as well as Roman Catholicism. This mosaic is also reflected in places of worship & the palaces which still adorn Crimea: imperial Romanov Massandra, the `noble nest` of Prince Voronzov at Alupca or the Palace of Bakhchisaray built for the Tartar Khan. For some two centuries balmy Yalta & its environs were a veritable Black Sea Riviera, where Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin met at the end of the Second World War. ...

Father Frank Docherty has had his run-ins with the church authorities: in the early 1970s, he was expelled from the Sydney archdiocese for preaching against the Vietnam War & has lived in Canada as a monk ever since. Twenty-five years later, back in Australia to give a lecture about celibacy & paedophile priests, he comes across an ex-nun who claims to have been abused by a now eminent cleric. If Docherty is to help her, he will be up against an institution bent on avoiding scandal. What is more, the accused man`s sister is the woman Docherty nearly broke his vows for long ago. This searing, impassioned novel captures the Catholic Church at a pivotal moment: when it tried to silence its victims, wreaking lasting damage not only on innocents but on itself. ...

London has always had more than its fair share of criminals, & medieval records are full of murders, fights, forgery & vagrancy. As the capital, it was the obvious centre for conspiracies, riots & revolts, while its wealth & anonymity made it a magnet for thieves, robbers & criminal gangs from the entire kingdom. In addition to the criminals & their crimes, the author also provides a well-researched & illustrated account of those who spent their lives pursuing them: the police, thief-takers, magistrates & judges. ...

From Sherlock Holmes' Baker Street & Jack the Ripper's Whitechapel to the East End of the Krays & the white-collar crooks of the City, London has played silent witness to countless crimes both real & imagined. Moreover, in print & on screen the city has exported its criminal heritage to the world, becoming a global capital of wrongdoing rivalled only by New York & Los Angeles. Yet there has never been a guide to its darker points of interest
- until now. Traversing centuries of villainy, Criminal London explores the more scandalous moments of the city's story. Featured herein are three original walks & over 100 sights to see, including: the scenes of infamous murders, watering holes frequented by notorious felons, the homes of great consulting detectives, & locations from London's rich history of law & order, such as the Clink, Tyburn Tree & Bow Street Police Station. Perfect for adventurous tourists & curious Londoners, this is a sightseeing guide for the intrepid.
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