About the Author

Anthony Bruce is the author of several works of military history, including An Illustrated Companion to the First World War and An Encyclopaedia of Naval History.

Reviews

I most enjoyed the accounts of the campaign by men involved in it. Their fresh voices stripped the decades of their crust of accumulated myth. Jason Burke, Observer - Observer Bruce is not only a fine military historian but an engaging writer who makes the narrative as exciting as T E Lawrence s Seven Pillars of Wisdom - Birmingham Evening Mail