A tortoise who was a ship's mascot in the Crimean War has died at his Devon castle home at the age of 160. Timothy, who was first discovered on board a Portuguese vessel in 1854, was thought to be the ...

Jean Frawley, a young nurse serving under Nightingale (or “Miss N”) during the Crimean War (1853–56), is introduced in the novel’s second part. In Marseilles, on her way to Scutari, Jean ...

It was a jewel that every imperial power wanted in its crown, with France, Britain, and the Ottomans teaming up in a coalition to regain the land from the Russian Empire in the Crimean War of 1854.

The Crimean War, when British, French and Turkish troops united to invade the Crimea in 1854 and take the naval base at Sevastopol from the Russians, was in many ways the first modern war.

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Victoria Era continues with a video on the events that defined this age, as we, supported by Paradox Interactive and Victoria 3 ...

Carleton, a historian, explores the “revolution in war writing” that was pioneered by William Howard Russell, a trailblazing Irish reporter, and Russia’s greatest writer, Leo Tolstoy. Russell was ...

While photographing the Crimean War in 1854, Roger Fenton made this portrait of a British officer and found a creative solution to convey as much information as he could.

A rare sword that was taken into battle by the Leicestershire Regiment during the Crimean War is to feature in an auction this weekend. The "other ranks" sword would have been given to a non ...

Ever since its annexation by Russia in 2014, the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea has featured prominently in news coverage of the ongoing war in Ukraine.Yet because of its strategic location ...

The Crimean War of 1854-56 saw the birth of modern war journalism. This was largely due to the journalism of William Howard Russell, the Dublin-born correspondent of The Times.

Then during the Crimean war, Britain, France and Ottomans invaded in 1854, capturing Sevastopol — but within 20 years, Russia bounced back.