A painting of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Richard Caton Woodville, 1894 The Charge of the Light Brigade was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and published in 1854. Tennyson uses a regular ...

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Taking as my example “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” I explore the uses to which this quintessentially topical poem was put in Frederick Douglass' Paper, where it was reprinted and mobilized in ...

Early movies don't have to be bad movies. "Honor the charge they made! Honor the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred!" Honor them if you wish, but for entertainment comparable to this "greatest ...

The bugle which sounded the Charge of the Light Brigade was used today to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the infamous military blunder. On the slopes of the Causeway Heights, overlooking the ...

In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India ...

A era in judgement: 10 high-profile times a simple error changed the course of history as we know it ...

Tony Richardson’s 1968 version of the military disaster mirrors the decade it was made in, with a strong anti-war theme. David Hemmings is a young trooper, Trevor Howard his brutal commanding ...

Major Vickers is an officer at the 27th Lancers in India 1856. When the regiment is on maneuver, the barracks are attacked by Surat Khan and his soldiers who massacre British women and children.

This satirical account of wartime Victorian England elicits brilliant performances by John Gielgud and Vanessa Redgrave in a tale of the contrasts between aristocracy and the squalor of the lower ...

History records many military feats in which an army initiated a charge in a desperate attempt to defeat its enemy.