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The daughter of a Scottish soldier and a Jamaican herbalist, Mary
Seacole (1805 81) gained recognition for her provision of care to
British troops during the Crimean War. She had travelled widely in
the Caribbean and Panama before venturing to England to volunteer
as an army nurse in the Crimea. Although rebuffed by officials, an
undeterred Seacole funded her own expedition, establishing the
British Hotel near Balaclava to provide a refuge for wounded
officers. Known affectionately as 'Mother Seacole' among the men,
yet returning to England bankrupt at the end of hostilities, she
had her plight highlighted in the press. First published in 1857,
and reissued here in its 1858 printing, her autobiography was
intended to share her story and restore to her some financial
security. Probably dictated to her editor, who then polished the
text for publication, this was the first autobiography by a black
woman in Britain."
William Howard Russell (1820 1907) is today credited with having
shaped the image and role of the modern war correspondent. His
dispatches for The Times during the Crimean War were so influential
that they led to military reforms and the fall of the Aberdeen
Government. Moreover, his unflinching accounts of the appalling and
insanitary conditions endured by ill-provisioned troops helped
inspire the work of Florence Nightingale. He was not afraid to
highlight poor leadership and planning, and was quick to praise the
heroism of the 'common' soldier. Wearing military-style clothes, he
obtained his information through his easy relationships with junior
officers, helped by his fondness for brandy and cigars. This
volume, published in 1856, includes his last Crimean dispatches,
concluding with poignant descriptions of visits by the soldiers to
the battlefields to erect memorials to their fallen comrades.
The journalist William Howard Russell (1820 1907) is sometimes
regarded as being the first war correspondent, and his reports from
the conflict in the Crimea are also credited with being a cause of
reforms in the British military system. This account of his time
there, first published in 1858 and expanded in this 1895 edition,
explains how Russell was sent by The Times of London in 1854 to
join British troops stationed in Malta. He spent the next two years
witnessing some of the key moments of the war, including the battle
of Balaclava and the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade. His
newspaper reports of the fighting and of the living conditions for
the troops were widely read and very influential. In this
retrospective work, Russell gives a more personal narrative of his
experiences, making this an important account of one the most
brutal wars of the nineteenth century.
The journalist William Howard Russell (1820 1907) is sometimes
regarded as being the first war correspondent, and his reports from
the conflict in the Crimea are also credited with being a cause of
reforms made to the British military system. Published in 1855,
during the late stages of the conflict, this is a collection of
eye-witness reports originally printed in The Times newspaper,
including the famous account, from 25 October 1854, of the Charge
of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava, and the other
engagement on the same day which gave rise to the phrase 'the thin
red line'. Russell's accounts are unflinching in their dramatic
descriptions of the appalling and insanitary conditions endured by
the ill-provisioned troops, and his criticism of those in command,
particularly Lord Raglan, had a dramatic impact on the British
people and government. Reading these letters today, it is easy to
understand why.
The journalist William Howard Russell (1820 1907) is sometimes
regarded as being the first war correspondent, and his reports from
the conflict in the Crimea are also credited with being a cause of
reforms made to the British military system. This 1865 book began
as a review in The Times of the five-volume work of General Eduard
Todleben (or Totleben), the military engineer and Russian Army
General, whose work in creating and continually adapting the land
defences of Sevastopol in 1854 5 made him a hero and enabled the
fortress to hold out against British bombardment for a whole year.
Russell added extracts from the original book to his review, and
enlarged his commentary on the Russian text, producing a thorough
and accurate synthesis, but always highlighting the central
importance of the Russian work to any student of the history of the
Sevastopol siege.
William Howard Russell (1820 1907) was a nineteenth-century war
correspondent for The Times. In 1861 2 he visited America to report
on the secession crisis that had followed Abraham Lincoln's
campaign to abolish slavery, in which eleven southern states had
withdrawn from the United States to form their own confederacy,
resulting in the American Civil War. First published in 1863, this
two-volume work recounts Russell's experiences there. Based on his
interviews with Lincoln, other pivotal figures, and ordinary
citizens, together with his diaries and his letters to The Times,
it documents his impressions of both the northern and the opposing
southern states as he travelled through them. His book, thought to
have been compiled in response to accusations that he was biased
towards the South, provides a revealing eyewitness account of life
during a landmark period in America's history. Volume 1 focuses
mainly on southern society and slavery.
William Howard Russell (1820 1907) was a nineteenth-century war
correspondent for The Times. In 1861 2 he visited America to report
on the secession crisis that had followed Abraham Lincoln's
campaign to abolish slavery, in which eleven southern states had
withdrawn from the United States to form their own confederacy,
resulting in the American Civil War. First published in 1863, this
two-volume work recounts Russell's experiences there. Based on his
interviews with Lincoln, other pivotal figures, and ordinary
citizens, together with his diaries and his letters to The Times,
it documents his impressions of both the northern and the opposing
southern states as he travelled through them. His book, thought to
have been compiled in response to accusations that he was biased
towards the South, provides a revealing eyewitness account of life
during a landmark period in America's history. Volume 2 focuses on
the horrors of the unfolding war.
In 1866, William Howard Russell (1820 1907) published this work,
the official account of the July 1865 expedition on board the Great
Eastern to lay a cable along the Atlantic Ocean floor between
Valentia, Ireland, and Foilhummerum Bay in Newfoundland. It is
illustrated with 26 lithographs of watercolours by Robert Dudley,
who also travelled with the expedition. The cable, constructed by
the Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company, was designed
to create a communications bridge between North America and Europe,
enabling telegrams to be sent and received within minutes, when
previously messages could be sent only by ship. The 1865 expedition
was the fourth attempt to lay the cable, and although after 1200
miles the cable broke and was lost in the ocean, an expedition the
following year was finally successful. This lively account of a
pioneering attempt will appeal to anyone with an interest in the
history of technology.
William Howard Russell was sent to India by The Times to report on
the conflict of 1857-1859 known as the Indian Mutiny. His previous
work was in the Crimean War and his exposes of conditions there led
to the sending of Florence Nightingale and her nurses, improvements
to supplies and conditions, and to the demand for military and
administrative reform. It was largely because of his contributions
that war correspondence emerged as a branch of journalism. In his
Indian diary, Russell criticises British snobbery as well as
treatment of the Indians, and advocates leniency and conciliation.
Volume 1 covers his journey to India and first impressions. It also
contains some fascinating examples of first-hand coverage of the
conflict and the reprisals following Lucknow and Cawnpore. Russell
was horrified by such events, and concludes that only law reforms
and non-military rule can ensure the prosperity of the Empire.
William Howard Russell was sent to India by The Times to report on
the conflict of 1857-1859 known as the Indian Mutiny. His previous
work was in the Crimean War and his exposes of conditions there led
to the sending of Florence Nightingale and her nurses, improvements
to supplies and conditions, and to the demand for military and
administrative reform. It was largely because of his contributions
that war correspondence emerged as a new branch of journalism. In
his Indian diary, Russell criticises British snobbery as well as
attitudes to and treatment of the Indians, and advocates leniency
and conciliation. Volume 2 continues his experiences, recounting
anecdotes of military and civilian life with sympathy for the
native people, intermingled with an unswerving belief in the
rightness of the British presence in India. His advocacy of
non-military rule, however, made the work controversial in its
time.
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