Charles Bean's Gallipoli Illustrated

Phillip Bradley
Charles Bean's Gallipoli Illustrated
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Charles Bean's Gallipoli Illustrated
ISBN: 9781742371238
Publication Date: 1 November 2014

An incredible first-hand account of Gallipoli from Australia's most well-known war journalist, accompanied by never-before-seen photos of the front.

Charles Bean and Gallipoli are forever closely bound. Serving as the official Australian war correspondent from the landing to the evacuation, Charles Bean was able to dedicate his days and nights to recording the extraordinary events that would come to represent the Anzac legend. In writing his diaries, Bean also provided an extraordinary insight into his own range of emotions - his joys, his fears, his loves, his hates, his heroes, his villains, his admiration and his disdain. Charles Bean's Gallipoli extracts the essence of Gallipoli from his diaries and rewards the reader with a better understanding of what it was like to live and to die there.

Charles Bean's Gallipoli also showcases an extraordinary collection of photographs, the majority of which were obtained from the private collections of soldiers who took their cameras to war. Most of these photographs have not previously been published. Selected to complement Charles Bean's diary extracts, the photographs provide another fascinating perspective on the Gallipoli campaign.

About the Author

Phillip Bradley, author of the groundbreaking Hell's Battlefield, is a leading researcher of Australian military history. A chemical research manager by profession, Phillip has had a lifetime interest in military history. All Phillip's books are characterised by an intimate knowledge gained from his many trips to the battlefields, complemented by his research skills and by his many unique interviews with New Guinea battlefield veterans, over 300 and counting. He also writes for After the Battle and Wartime magazines. Charles Bean's Gallipoli is his sixt...