author
Thomas Morley
1831–1906
A soldier turned writer, he is best remembered for giving a firsthand view of the Charge of the Light Brigade and the long arguments over how that disaster happened. His work brings military history close to the ground, with the perspective of someone who was there.
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The Cause of the Charge of Balaclava
by Thomas Morley
About the author
Thomas Morley was an English author born in 1831 or 1832 and died in 1906. Public-domain library records connect his name most strongly with The Cause of the Charge of Balaclava, a book about the Crimean War and the famous Charge of the Light Brigade.
What makes Morley especially interesting is that he wrote not just as a historian, but as a participant. Contemporary and library sources describe him as a survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade, and that experience shaped the book he is known for today.
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