Nana found a dream house on Gallipoli Street and, according to family folklore, she moved heaven and earth to secure it. But more than that, this book shows us where we have come from as a nation, by revealing the adversity and passions that forged us.Ī stunning novel that brings to life the love and courage that formed our Anzac tradition. Things got better when the family moved back to Sydney. An Anzac tale of three families whose destinies are entwined by war, tragedy and passion. a time of desperate love born in desperate times and acts of friendship against impossible odds.Ī love letter to Australian landscape and character, Gallipoli Street celebrates both mateship and the enduring quality of real love. Gallipoli Street Mary-Anne OConnor (Author) rrp 7.99 Description. Evacuation began in December 1915, and was completed early the following January.An Anzac tale of three families whose destinies are entwined by war, tragedy and passion.Īt 17, Veronica O'Shay is happier running wild on the family farm than behaving in the ladylike manner her mother requires, and she despairs both of her secret passion for her brother's friend Jack Murphy and what promises to be a future of restraint and compliance.īut this is 1913 and the genteel tranquillity of rural Beecroft is about to change forever as the O'Shay and Murphy families, along with their friends the Dwyers, are caught up in the theatre of war and their fates become intertwined.įrom the horrors of Gallipoli to the bloody battles of the Somme, through love lost and found, the Great Depression and the desperate jungle war along the Kokoda Track, this sprawling family drama brings to life a time long past. Book of the Month: Mary-Anne O'Connor's Gallipoli Street - YouTube 0:00 / 0:49 Book of the Month: Mary-Anne O'Connor's Gallipoli Street QBDBooks 319 subscribers Subscribe 347 views. By mid-October, Allied forces had suffered heavy casualties and had made little headway from their initial landing sites.
Lack of sufficient intelligence and knowledge of the terrain, along with a fierce Turkish resistance, hampered the success of the invasion. Gallipoli Street (Compact Disc) Mary-Anne OConnor Published by Bolinda Audio(2015) ISBN 10: 1489019804ISBN 13: 9781489019806 NewQuantity: > 20 Seller: BargainBookStores (Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Condition: New. The campaign began with a failed naval attack by British and French ships on the Dardanelles Straits in February-March 1915 and continued with a major land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25, involving British and French troops as well as divisions of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). "The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16, also known as the Battle of Gallipoli or the Dardanelles Campaign, was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia during World War I. For books that are about the Battle of Gallipoli and its aftermath.įor non-fiction, please make sure the book is dedicated and specific to his campaign, not just WW1 in general.
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