Gallipoli
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Few campaigns in modern warfare have seared themselves so deeply into a nation's soul as the catastrophic Allied assault on the Dardanelles, and Jack Bennett's Gallipoli brings that crucible of courage and carnage to vivid, unflinching life. Set against the sun-bleached cliffs and blood-soaked shores of the Turkish peninsula in 1915, the novel chronicles the harrowing ordeal of young Australian and New Zealand soldiers — ordinary men thrust into an extraordinary and ultimately doomed military adventure — capturing the camaraderie, confusion, and heartbreaking sacrifice that would forge the legend of the ANZAC spirit. Bennett writes with a raw, documentary urgency that refuses to romanticise the horror of the trenches, yet never loses sight of the profound humanity of the men who endured them. Gallipoli stands as a landmark work in Australian literature, transforming a defining national tragedy into a meditation on mateship, duty, and the terrible cost of imperial ambition. Published as part of The Collector's Library of Australia's Great Books, it remains an essential reckoning with the event that gave a young nation its identity — and leaves the reader asking whether the legend built upon those distant shores was worth the price paid to create it.
Author: Jack Bennett
Format: Hardback
Published: 1987, Times House
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Few campaigns in modern warfare have seared themselves so deeply into a nation's soul as the catastrophic Allied assault on the Dardanelles, and Jack Bennett's Gallipoli brings that crucible of courage and carnage to vivid, unflinching life. Set against the sun-bleached cliffs and blood-soaked shores of the Turkish peninsula in 1915, the novel chronicles the harrowing ordeal of young Australian and New Zealand soldiers — ordinary men thrust into an extraordinary and ultimately doomed military adventure — capturing the camaraderie, confusion, and heartbreaking sacrifice that would forge the legend of the ANZAC spirit. Bennett writes with a raw, documentary urgency that refuses to romanticise the horror of the trenches, yet never loses sight of the profound humanity of the men who endured them. Gallipoli stands as a landmark work in Australian literature, transforming a defining national tragedy into a meditation on mateship, duty, and the terrible cost of imperial ambition. Published as part of The Collector's Library of Australia's Great Books, it remains an essential reckoning with the event that gave a young nation its identity — and leaves the reader asking whether the legend built upon those distant shores was worth the price paid to create it.