Gallipoli: The Fatal Shore

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This book by Harvey Broadbent, a leading authority on the Gallipoli campaign and producer of the acclaimed ABC documentary Gallipoli: The Fatal Shore, seeks to convey the story of Gallipoli to Australians of all ages. On 25 April, 1915, Allied troops stormed the cliffs of Gallipoli. Twenty-eight thousand Australians were killed and wounded in the bloody, eight-month campaign. The raging battles of the Landing, the desperate assault on Lone Pine, the gallant but futile charge at the Nek, are all engraved on the national psyche. Gallipoli is now regarded as a defining episode in Australian history. It is an extraordinary story of determination and courage, as the intrepid and resourceful Anzacs displayed the spirit that was to distinguish them on the Western Front as the Empire's most formidable offensive troops.

Harvey Broadbent is a well-known authority on Gallipoli. In the course of twenty years as an ABC television and radio producer, he initiated, wrote and produced many prize-winning documentaries. An honours graduate in near eastern studies, Harvey Broadbent taught English in Turkey for two years, where he first became interested in Gallipoli. He is fluent in Turkish and combines work as an independent documentary producer with leading study tours to Turkey and Gallipoli.