“To us the war is a spectacle”: Domestic Consumption of the Crimean War in Victorian Britain

During the Crimean War, civilian war correspondents, most notably William Russell, kept the British public informed about the mismanagement of the war. The administrative shortcomings and the suffering of wounded soldiers shocked the British public and raised concerns about the effectiveness of the...

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Main Author: Alison Fletcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2007-12-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cve/10419