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brampton's review
4.0
Les Carlyon clearly wrote this for a certain market, that being the Australian Father’s Day Gift market, and he panders to his market well. Consequently there are little anti-British jibes throughout that would confuse any reader without a sense of irony (so there’s the US market gone).
He alternates between the politics of the British government and military High Command and anecdotes of life in the trenches that will make you laugh, cry, be outraged and feel a little bit sick in a regular rotation.
A constant theme of the book is that the terrain at Gallipoli is incomprehensible and although they do their best with the maps to explain what happened it is still confusing. One comprehensive map that displayed all the topographical features that were mentioned in the text would have assisted enormously.
He alternates between the politics of the British government and military High Command and anecdotes of life in the trenches that will make you laugh, cry, be outraged and feel a little bit sick in a regular rotation.
A constant theme of the book is that the terrain at Gallipoli is incomprehensible and although they do their best with the maps to explain what happened it is still confusing. One comprehensive map that displayed all the topographical features that were mentioned in the text would have assisted enormously.
canadajanes's review
3.0
Pretty good, dragged on a bit in the middle. Went from clinical descriptions to flowery writing back and forth quite a bit.
michaelhold's review
5.0
To me in these difficult, unproductive time of my mid thirties, when again I fell in love and away at the same time. I can say for now that this book is as good as any other great book that says all truth about past, to the very same reader who can live through that, though book, not these causes of that dramatic moment in our history. and become bather person.
For me definitely to read again
There is always a chance that I will read them with her, growing between ourselves the very same interests we already share.
I even don't know if I'm not missing opportunity to train with her physical exercises and all the talks we could have out of books we have.
Missing being with her like missing intellect.
For me definitely to read again
There is always a chance that I will read them with her, growing between ourselves the very same interests we already share.
I even don't know if I'm not missing opportunity to train with her physical exercises and all the talks we could have out of books we have.
Missing being with her like missing intellect.
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