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

'PROPERTY OF VICTORIAN BRANCH R.S.L.' [Stamped in red ink on all three page edges when closed]
'? D M RYAN / ? COLLINS ST / MELBOURNE' [Stamped in black ink on title page]
'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [Stamped in red ink on contents 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]