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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Crimean War The Crimean War Orlando Figes The Charge of the Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale -- these are the enduring icons of the Crimean War. Less well-known is that this savage war (1853-1856) killed almost a million soldiers and coun… OL15489282W
The rose of Sebastopol The rose of Sebastopol Katharine McMahon In 1855, Rosa Barr, a young Englishwoman, travels to the Crimea determined to work as a nurse. She never returns. Three people have been intimately connected with her: her cousin, a soldier and adven… OL17735174W
Master Georgie Master Georgie Bainbridge, Beryl The highly acclaimed New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 1998 and Booker Prize Nominee that reinvents the historical novel from Beryl Bainbridge, the distinguished author of The Birthday Boys … OL1970208W