Based on diary entries of New Zealand soldiers sent to fight the long and futile battle of Gallipoli in 1915 - during which nearly 3,000 of them died - this is an account of that tragic campaign, charting the suffering and disillusionment of those who arrived as innocent and loyal sons of the Empire. Maurice Shadbolt has also written "Season of the Jew" which won the Wattie Book of the Year Award in 1987.
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Based on diary entries of New Zealand soldiers sent to fight the long and futile battle of Gallipoli in 1915 - during which nearly 3,000 of them died - this is an account of that tragic campaign, charting the suffering and disillusionment of those who arrived as innocent and loyal sons of the Empire. Maurice Shadbolt has also written "Season of the Jew" which won the Wattie Book of the Year Award in 1987.
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Seller's Description:
FINE. As new-gift quality! Faintest shelfwear to edges of dust jacket and sticker shadow on front flap of dust jacket. Interviews in 1982 with New Zealand soldiers who survived the tragic battle on Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula in World War I (1915)-during which nearly 3, 000 New Zealanders died. 123 pages including contemporary black and white photos.