Our books
First-hand accounts, new histories and quality reissues.
Inside GHQ
The Gallipoli Diary of Captain Orlo Williams
By Orlo Williams, Rhys Crawley (Editor), Stephen Chambers (Editor), Ashleigh Brown (Editor)
A unique insider diary reveals Gallipoli Campaign planning, politics, and figures like Hamilton, Churchill and Kitchener. Essential reading for understanding the Dardanelles tragedy.
Above and beyond Palestine
An account of the work of the East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron, 1916-1918
By C.E. Hughes, Ian M. Burns (Afterword)
Through personal anecdotes and original line sketches, C.E. Hughes captures both the military operations and daily life of naval airmen based at Port Said.
Alive with death
August 1914 – April 1915
By Jim Grundy
The first volume in a ground-breaking day-by-day history of the Gallipoli Campaign, narrated by those who were there.
Through These Lines
A play in 5 acts
By Cheryl Ward
From Gallipoli to the Western Front – Australia’s trained nurses were there. Follow Sister Florence Whiting on her four-year journey, from departure on the troopship ‘Kyarra’ to tours of duty in Egypt, Lemnos and France.
In Chanak with the British Army
Some impressions
By P.J. Bothwell, Bernard de Broglio (Editor)
On the brink of war: An eyewitness account of the British garrison at Chanak during the Turkish-British stand-off of 1922, published under the pseudonym ‘Z’.
Lost Endeavour
A survivor’s account of the ill-fated Gallipoli Campaign
By Charles Watkins, Michael Crane (Editor), Bernard de Broglio (Editor)
The Gallipoli Campaign is not short of operational histories, but few accounts get into the mind of the private soldier so successfully.
Netley Diary 1915–1916
By Alec Riley, Michael Crane (Editor), Bernard de Broglio (Editor)
Life in a great military hospital. “I was after all the experiences I could collect, and wanted to know what a great military hospital was like … I had to go to one, and decided on the grand style of doing it.”
Egypt Diary 1914–1915
By Alec Riley, Michael Crane (Editor), Bernard de Broglio (Editor)
A chronicle of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division’s eight months in Egypt before Gallipoli that reveals ordinary Britons’ experiences in an extraordinary land.
Gallipoli Diary 1915
By Alec Riley, Michael Crane (Editor), Bernard de Broglio (Editor)
An authentic Gallipoli account, based on 1915 battlefield notes, supplemented by expert commentary and context.