A monumental, moving, supremely readable and brilliantly researched account of one of the most infamous, ill-fated campaigns of the First World War.
L.A. Carlyon was born in northern Victoria, Australia, in 1942. He has been editor of the Melbourne Age, editor-in-chief of the Herald and Weekly Times group and a visiting lecturer in journalism in a career that has established him as one of his country's most respected journalists, receiving the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award in 1993. Gallipoli was researched in Australia, Britain, New Zealand and, most importantly, on the Gallipoli Peninsula itself.
'Superb...Carlyon's writing is so vivid that you almost imagine
yourself present. A stunning achievement'
*Daily Telegraph*
'Incisive, emotionally-charged and visceral...blends a real feel
for the fighting soldier with a firm grasp of the strangely
beautiful countryside which saw such a bewildering mix of tragedy,
missed opportunity and wasted heroism. A hard-hitting and
heart-breaking book'
*Richard Holmes*
'Carlyon is a gifted writer...his book deserves to take its place
alongside other classic accounts of Gallipoli. He conveys the
beauty of the place and its ugliness 90 years ago'
*Daily Telegraph*
'The book of the year...the most stunning account of the Anzac
boneyard'
*Sydney Morning Herald*
'A brilliantly managed narrative and remarkably even-handed...a
superb account'
*Glasgow Herald*
'Massively researched...an enthralling account of an appalling
fiasco'
*Spectator*
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