CAVALRY; Its History and Tactics.

NOLAN, Captain L.E. 15TH Hussars

Published by Thomas Bosworth, London, 1854

Second edition. Original red roan backed cloth, lettered and ruled gilt on spine. 8vo. 8 inches x 5 inches (20cms x 13cms). xvipp, 342pp. With 5 hand-coloured plates and 2 plans (1 folding). All present as called for. Corners bumped. The soft roan leather spine is rubbed at edges and torn at head with slight losses. Rear inner hinge cracked at gutter of endpapers. Binding is otherwise clean and sound. Old stain to top edge of title-page, rear free endpaper creased, a few light handling marks to contents, one gathering starting and jutting slightly proud of fore-edges. All else in good, clean condition. Provenance: with the armorial bookplate of Sir John Fowler, 1st Baron Braemore on front pastedown and with his signature on the front free endpaper. Captain Lewis Edward "Lew" Nolan was appointed as a regimental riding master in Madras in 1844. He had firm and sometimes controversial ideas about how cavalry should be used on the battlefield. In 1853, his book, 'Cavalry: Its History and Tactics', was published; then, with the outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854, Nolan was appointed as ADC to Brigadier-General Airey and was sent to Turkey to buy mounts. In July 1854 he landed in the Crimea at Varna with 300 horses. Nolan will forever be associated with his role in the Charge of the Light Brigade on 25 October 1854. Some sources blame Nolan for the misinterpretation of Lord Raglan¿s commands. He was the galloper who carried Airey¿s order to Lord Lucan and Lord Cardigan and was subsequently killed in action during the charge. He was 36 years old. Lord Lucan detested Nolan and, on hearing that Nolan was dead, commented: "He met his deserts, a dog's death - and like a dog let him be buried in a ditch". Seller Inventory # 000055

Bibliographic Details

Title: CAVALRY; Its History and Tactics.
Publisher: Thomas Bosworth, London
Publication Date: 1854
Binding: Leather Bound
Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Edition