Gallipoli Memories This journey is the beginning of Mackenzie’s experience of the war. Disillusioned, he resigns himself to travelling Europe and writing his next book when fate presents an
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| Title | : | Gallipoli Memories |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.84 (475 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00PB2CI70 |
| Format Type | : | - |
| Number of Pages | : | 0 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-05 |
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The year is 1914.
The writer Compton Mackenzie is eager to do his duty to his country and join the army.
But crippled with Sciatica, he knows he will never pass any medical examination.
Disillusioned, he resigns himself to travelling Europe and writing his next book when fate presents an opportunity.
He is offered a Staff Job by Sir Ian Hamilton, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
He travels immediately to the coasts of the Aegean.
This journey is the beginning of Mackenzie’s experience of the war.
There were few more controversial battles in that epic conflict than the Gallipoli Expedition.
'Gallipoli Memories' throws fresh light on many of the more obscure and unknown issues of that campaign.
Told at first hand by a writer who found fame with books such as Whisky Galore, its provides a fascinating account of the battle, and the bravery of the men who
Editorial :
I know I'll listen to this story again.
About the narrator: John N Gully did an outstanding job narrating this memoir. I could only find it among my purchases.
Be that as it may, this book is excellent. Which makes it all the more ironic that one of the few stories Shepard will be remembered for will be "The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule" (the dragon in that story, which is hundreds of feet long, and long dead in the physical sense -- but still "intellectually" malevolent enough to spread evil via it's "bad vibes" -- was an allusion to the Reagan administration and all the harm it caused). Interesting book for history lovers.. There are plenty of picture heavy books which demonstraight to you how to and not to dress and IF you happen to look like the models in the photographs you are in luck. Another is I never had a sense it wasn't going to go where it did, so I felt I was reading all these machinations and details simply to get to where I knew I was going anyway.
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