Bearskin's Crimea, A: Colonel Henry Percy Vc & His Brother Officers

Using much previously untapped source material A Bearskin’s Crimea is a blow-by-blow account of the Grenadier Guards’ experiences in the Crimean War. The principal character, The Honorable Henry Percy, was present at all the major battles of that appalling conflict: The Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman and the Siege of Sebastopol.

Percy was no ordinary commentator. As a regimental officer, he had led his men from the front and was wounded twice; he also had direct access to, and kno…