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Toronto, Canada: Trafalgar Press, 1986. HC. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0969241704 In September, 1854, the armies of Britain, France and Turkey invaded Russia. In the months which followed over half a million soldiers fell. They died by bullet and shrapnel, of cholera and disease, from starvation and freezing. This book traces the causes of the Crimean War and sketches a vivid picture of an age which made possible "the world's most curious and unnecessary struggle." 215pp.