Based on diary entries of New Zealand soldiers sent to fight the long and futile battle of Gallipoli in 1915 - during which nearly 3,000 of them died - this is an account of that tragic campaign, charting the suffering and disillusionment of those who arrived as innocent and loyal sons of the Empire. Maurice Shadbolt has also written "Season of the Jew" which won the Wattie Book of the Year Award in 1987.
- ISBN10 0340416483
- ISBN13 9780340416488
- Publish Date 1 September 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 January 2005
- Publish Country NZ
- Imprint Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English