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‘Death in the Crimea’ by William Bullock Webster, 18 January 1856. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain.

‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review

Donald Rayfield | Published in History Today Volume 74 Issue 10 October 2024

In listening to the war’s loudest voices, Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and the Birth of Modern Warfare by Gregory Carleton drowns out the dive

Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children gather around a Christmas tree, December 1848. Webster Museum. Public Domain.

The First Christmas Tree

Alison Barnes | Published in History Today Volume 56 Issue 12 December 2006

Contrary to myth, it wasn’t Prince Albert but another German royal transplant who introduced the Christmas tree to Britain.