Gallipoli ; VCs of The First World War: Gallipoli { 2 Volumes

FitzSimons, Peter ; Snelling, Stephen.

ISBN 10: 0593074904 / ISBN 13: 9780593074909

Published by Bantam Press, London, 2014

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2 Volumes relating to Gallipoli and the 1st World War, both Fine/Fine copies - : 1st listed: First Edition: 1st impression. A fine copy in a like dust jacket. p.xxiv, 824.2nd Listed: ISBN: 9780750905664 Stroud : Sutton 1995,xv, 264 p : ill, ports ; 26 cm.Ill. on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references. Excellent. { Subject: HISTORY / General True war & combat stories First World War World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Turkey Gallipoli Peninsula.Victoria Cross History. }.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gallipoli ; VCs of The First World War: Gallipoli { 2 Volumes
• Publisher: Bantam Press, London
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593074904
• ISBN 13: 9780593074909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
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Synopsis

On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail...To this day, Turkey regards the victory as a defining moment in its history, a heroic last stand in the defence of the Ottoman Empire. But, counter-intuitively, it would come to signify something perhaps even greater for the defeated allies, in particular the Australians and New Zealanders: the birth of their countries' sense of nationhood. Now, in the year that marks its centenary, the Gallipoli campaign (commemorated each year on 25 April, Anzac Day), resonates with significance as the origin and symbol of Australian and New Zealand identity. As such, the facts of the campaign (which was minor when compared to the overall scale of the First World War: Australian deaths were less than a sixth of their losses on the Western Front) are often forgotten or obscured. Now the celebrated journalist and author Peter FitzSimons, with his trademark vibrancy and expert melding of writing and research, recreates the disastrous campaign as experienced by those who endured it or perished in the attempt.

About the Author

PETER FITZSIMONS is journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald and a television presenter and reporter. He speaks four languages, used to play rugby for Australia while the individuals he has interviewed range from George Bush and Sir Edmund Hillary to Jamie Oliver, Jodie Foster and Diego Maradona. He is also Australia’s biggest-selling non-fiction author of the last decade. His books include Kokoda, Tobruk, Batavia and most recently, Ned Kelly.He lives with his wife, 'Today Show' co-host Lisa Wilkinson, and their three children in Sydney.