Crimea (Written by Orlando Figes)

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Title: Crimea
Author: Orlando Figes
Narrator: Malk Williams
Format: mp3
Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
Release date: 07-12-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 528 ratings
Genres: Russia

Publisher's Summary: The terrible conflict that dominated the mid-19th century, the Crimean War, killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia could control a huge swathe of land from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf. But it was also a war of religion, driven by a fervent, populist and ever more ferocious belief by the Tsar and his ministers that it was Russia's task to rule all Orthodox Christians and control the Holy Land.