Abstract
<jats:p>The article is devoted to the English historian and politician A.W. Kinglake (1809-1891), who was the first to create a monumental historical work on the Crimean War in Great Britain. The article examines the factors that influenced his work, analyzes the sources and content of his historical work, and gives its assessment. As a historian, Kinglake used a wide variety of documents and materials, both English and French, Russian and Turkish. He did not share the outright Russophobia that plagued English society. Although he was prejudiced against Russia, he tried to be objective at the same time. His Russian attitudes were influenced by his acquaintance with the outstanding Russian military engineer E.I. Totleben, and to a large extent by his 20-year friendship with O.A. Novikova, who favored Slavophile and Anglophile views. In his historical work, Kinglake defended and even praised the activities of the commander of the British forces in the Crimea, Lord Raglan, as a disciple of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. He blamed the mistakes and miscalculations in the war on the French and personally on Napoleon III, whom he considered the main instigator of the war. In the UK, his work received mixed reviews from his contemporaries. Nevertheless, it is still in demand and has been republished many times.</jats:p>