Physical description

Brown hardcover book with a brown dust jacket. Both the front cover and spine of the dust jacket show the title and a brown and white drawn image of lines of soldiers marching in uniform.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'RETURNED NURSES CLUB OF VICTORIA / SUB BRANCH R.S.L.' [stamped in purple ink on the first page and multiple pages throughout the book]
'B063' [Handwritten in pencil in the top right corner of the first page]
'Donated to Returned Nurses Club / by / Elizabeth Brookes. / August 1989.' [Handwritten in blue ink on the title page]

Summary

Gallipoli was the final resting place for thousands of young Australians. Death struck so fast there was no time for escape or burial. And when Gallipoli was over there was the misery of the European Campaign. Patsy Adam-Smith read over 8000 diaries and letters to write her acclaimed best-seller about the First World War. These are the extraordinary experiences of ordinary men – and they strike to the heart. The Anzacs remains unrivalled as the classic account of Australia's involvement in the First World War. [Penguin Books]