Hell's Foundations: A Town, its Myths and Gallipoli by Geoffrey Moorhouse

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages have sunned. Foxing to foredges. Dust jacket is in very good condition with light wear to front cover top right corner. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective covering. Interior and binding are still very good.

Australians, New Zealanders, Indians, the French and the Turks all have reason to remember Gallipoli. Still, in this book, Moorhouse concentrates on the bitter effects on the small mill town of Bury in Lancashire, which sacrificed 1,600 men, a large proportion of its youth, in the campaign.