The English Prisoners in Russia: A Personal Narrative of the First Lieutenanant of H.M.S. TigerThis autobiography lends a British perspective to a war commonly misunderstood at the time. First Lieutenant Alfred Royer brings the reader on a journey through the battles and landscape of the Crimea, including personal interviews with the Emperor of Russia, Nicholas I and other leading figures of the time. |
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