Selby J. Balaclava: Gentlemen's Battle

New York: Atheneum, 1970. - 245 pgs. Originally published in Great Britain under the title The Thin Red Line. The author was a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy. This book describes the battle by weaving together substantial extracts from the accounts of eye-witnesses: Lord Paget, Lt Roberts RMA, Surgeon Munro, Sir John Blunt, Lt Whinyates RHA, Mrs Duberly, Kinglake, Maj Forrest 4th DrgGds, Russell, and others. From the Russian side - Captain Hodasevich. In conclusion, if the partial failure of the British at Balaclava belongs to the noble lords, the degree of success achieved must be assigned to Sir Colin Campbell.