Messenger of Death

A biography of the British Army officer and his role in the Crimean War at the Charge at Balaklava.

Captain Louis Nolan delivered the order that produced one of the most famous blunders in all military history—the Charge of the Light Brigade. Nolan’s conduct and the Charge itself have been the subject of intense, sometimes bitter debate ever since. Yet there has been no recent biography of Nolan. H...