| Description |
xii, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, 1 map, portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction : Bomba Tepe -- Part 1. Triumph -- The lion of the Avon -- Leaving the den -- Answering the call -- Onward, Christian soldiers -- Marching as to war -- Brother lead and sister steel -- Plans and plums -- "Press on!" -- Water into blood -- "Take and hold the trench" -- "Who said retire?" -- Part 2. Tragedy -- Katharine and Hugo -- Hail, the conquering hero comes -- Love and war -- Home from the hill -- Against the odds -- Mafeesh -- Last post -- Afterword -- Epilogue : "Çannakale" |
| Summary |
John Hamilton, bestselling author of Goodbye Cobber, God Bless You and Gallipoli Sniper, has written an extraordinary account of Throssell's life: winner of the Victoria Cross, due to his bravery on Gallipoli; husband to novelist and committed socialist Katharine Susannah Pritchard; and fallen hero, thanks to his public denunciation of the war. The Price of Valour details the battles in Gallipoli and Palestine, and a provides a compassionate and intimate portrait of a real Australian hero |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Australian Army |
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Biography |
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Gallipoli |
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Military decorations |
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Military operations |
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Opposition to war |
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Palestine |
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War casualties |
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World War 1 |
| Notes |
At head of cover title: The triumph and tragedy of a Gallipoli hero, Hugo Throssell, VC |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-386) and index |
| Audience |
General |
| Subject |
Throssell, Hugo, 1884-1933.
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Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Palestine.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Palestine -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781742611235 (paperback) |
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