Gallipoli - Hardcover

Carlyon, L. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385604750 ISBN 13: 9780385604758

Publisher: Doubleday, 2002

Synopsis

This account of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 brings an epic tragedy to life. As well as taking the reader into the trenches to witness the fear, courage and humour of the soldiers who fought there, describing their experiences, whether Australian, British, New Zealand, French or Turkish, it examines those who led them: the generals and politicians - some brilliant, some ruthless, some hopelessly incompetent - who held the lives of tens of thousands of young men in their hands. From the grand military and political strategies to the squalor of the front line, it is a haunting insight into the realities of war. The struggle for the Gallipoli Peninsula was dominated by the terrain as much as by men and steel, and here the battlefields come alive as the author guides the reader through them, evoking the landscape. Using an intimate knowledge of Gallipoli itself (his researches also took him to the UK, France, Australia and New Zealand), together with storytelling and scholarship, Les Carlyon has written an immediate account of one of modern history's defining moments.

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Gallipoli

Review:

'A new historical tour de force...Carlyon's massive new book on this emotional subject is a deeply felt, compassionate work, beautifully written' -- John Hamilton in the 'Herald Sun'

'Incisive, emotionally-charged and visceral...A hard-hitting and heart-breaking book' -- Richard Holmes, bestselling author of 'Redcoat' and 'War Walks'

'The book of the year...GALLIPOLI is just the most stunning account of the Anzac boneyard' -- Alan Ramsey in the 'Sydney Morning Herald'

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0385604750
• ISBN 13: 9780385604758
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608