{"product_id":"crimea","title":"Crimea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrlando Figes'' \u003ci\u003eCrimea\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful history of the Crimean War, the conflict that dominated the nineteenth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Crimean War one of the fiercest battles in Russia''s history, killing nearly a million men and completely redrawing the map of Europe. Pitting the Tsar''s empire against an alliance of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire, it was the first conflict to use photography, the telegraph and newspapers; a war over territory, from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf; a war of religion, driven by a fervent, populistbelief by the Tsar and his ministers that it was Russia''s task to rule all Orthodox Christians and control the Holy Land; it was the original ''total war''. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Orlando Figes'' vivid new book reinterprets this extraordinary conflict. Bringing to life ordinary soldiers in snow-filled trenches, surgeons on the battlefield and the haunted, fanatical figure of Tsar Nicholas himself, Crimea tells the human story of a tragic war. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Lucid, well-written, alive and sensitive, it tells us why this neglected conflict and its forgotten victims deserve our remembrance'' \u003cbr\u003e  Oliver Bullough, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Figes paints a vivid portrait of a bloody and pointless conflict ... he knows more about Russia than any other historian''\u003cbr\u003e  Max Hastings, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A fine, stirring account'' \u003cbr\u003e  Mark Bostridge, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A wonderful subject, on every level, and with Orlando Figes it has found the historian worthy of its width and depth'' \u003cbr\u003e  Norman Stone, \u003ci\u003eStandpoint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Figes is a first-class historian, as his splendid new book amply demonstrates'' \u003cbr\u003e  Dominic Sandbrook, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eOrlando Figes\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePeasant Russia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCivil War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA People''s Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNatasha''s Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Whisperers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJust Send Me Word\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been translated into over twenty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319967424894,"sku":"NW9780141013503","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141013503.jpg?v=1778243954","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/crimea","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}