The Valley of Death

By Garry Kilworth

Book Overview

Sergeant Jack Crossman's second adventure finds him still in the heat of battle in the Crimea. Having survived a dangerous covert mission in The Devil's Own the man known to his comrades as 'Fancy Jack' now faces new horrors at the Battle of Balaclava. In the confusion of the conflict Jack witnesses the carnage during the hopeless and tragic charge of the Light Brigade when more than six hundred British cavalry troops charged Russian gun emplacements, mistakenly following orders that, as they were passed down the chain of command, had been misinterpreted. Kilworth's rousing narrative of courage on the field and his vivid descriptions of the horrifying realities of the Crimean campaign are related with verve and meticulous historical detail, in the spirit of the great military adventures.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B005QMP0H0
• ISBN13: 9781780332567
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Constable & Robinson
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Getting Better

This installment of the series concerning the military exploits of "Fancy Jack" Crossman is an improvement over the previous book. Not that it was bad; this one is just better. The story is more interesting and the dialog is better written. Crossman is the son of a nobleman serving as a sergeant with the light cavalry in the Crimean War. He has given up his aristocratic birthright because of disagreements with his father. He is tapped for doing secret missions because of his intelligence but all he really wants to be is a normal trooper. This installment sees him going on his secret missions but getting to be around for the famous Charge of the Light Brigade. It's not great but it does help to pass an entertaining afternoon.