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Charge! Hurrah! Hurrah! - A Life of Cardigan of Balaclava (Hardcover)
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Charge! Hurrah! Hurrah! - A Life of Cardigan of Balaclava (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Military and Naval History
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For James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, leading the Light
Brigade at Balaclava was but one incident in a life of sensation
and notoriety. Donald Thomas's biography, originally published in
1977, and based on new material when originally published, shows
this most controversial Victorian against a panorama of regimental
intrigue and aristocratic luxury. Dismissed from the army for
'revolting' conduct, Cardigan bought the command of the 11th
Hussars (the 'Cherry Bums') for GBP40,000 a few years later.
Regimental rivalries led to the 'Black Bottle' scandal of 1840 and
to a duel in which he shot a brother officer. Charged with
attempted murder, Cardigan was the only Victorian peer to be tried
by the House of Lords. Nonetheless, his seductions of other men's
wives rivalled his regimental misdemeanours in press reports. He
was jeered int he streets, hissed at the theatre and burnt in
effigy. It took the glory and the folly of Balaclava to turn 'this
plague-spot of the British army' into 'the most popular soldier in
England'. Greeted everywhere by cheering crowds, their new hero
fought duels and libel actions against those who denied his bravery
before the Russian guns. For all his misbehaviour, Cardigan remains
warm-blooded, generous, impulsive and courageous, as well as
obstinate, proud and sometimes ridiculous. Hated by numerous men,
and adored by many women, his elopement with the beautiful Adeline
Horsey de Horsey was a triumph of his old age.
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