Buttery is a historian who specializes in the British military during the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars, and he has written this biography of Captain Louis Nolan for general readers who want to learn more about the controversial leader of the Charge of the Light Brigade. The author expands upon the existing literature on Nolan that features only his participation in that fatal and often maligned charge to examine the man's entire military career. A chapter also deals with his legacy and chronicles some of the historical attempts to show how Nolan tried to warn against the type of tactics that ultimately killed him. Distributed by Casemate. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)