On Dangerous Ground: A Gallipoli Story

On Dangerous Ground: A Gallipoli Story
ISBN-10
1742583938
ISBN-13
9781742583938
Series
On Dangerous Ground
Category
Australian fiction
Pages
276
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Apollo Books
Author
Bruce Scates

Description

In 1915 Lt Roy Irwin goes missing at Gallipoli. The young woman who loves him, and the men who fought beside him, begin their search. In 1919, historian CEW Bean returns to Anzac Cove with artist George Lambert and soldier Harry Vickers to solve the greatest mystery of the campaign, to discover Gallipolis secret. Forward to 2015, and Dr Mark Troys quest to preserve the peninsula from roadworks is sidetracked by political intervention and diplomatic intrigue. But a flirtation with a dynamic young woman from Army Intelligence uncovers long-forgotten documents protecting Gallipolis graves. Eagerly awaited, one of Australias leading historians uses fact and fiction to recreate the most dramatic moments of the Gallipoli campaign. On Dangerous Ground is fast-paced, accurate and thrilling a retelling of one of the weightiest moments of the twentieth century.

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