This Bloody Place: With the Incomparable 29th

Mure, Major A. H.

ISBN 10: 1473857929 / ISBN 13: 9781473857926

Published by Pen and Sword Military, Barnsley, S. Yorkshire, 2015

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Jacket now in a clear protector, first published in 1919, Mure commanded a company of the 5th Battalion the Royal Scots, 29th Division, Gallipoli ; 160 pages.

Seller Inventory # 38572

Bibliographic Details

• Title: This Bloody Place: With the Incomparable 29th
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Military, Barnsley, S. Yorkshire
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473857929
• ISBN 13: 9781473857926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • WORLD WAR I

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Synopsis

Captain Albert Mure, a company commander in the 5th Battalion The Royal Scots, spent forty-three days in Gallipoli - far longer than many men who fought there would survive. In those few weeks, this brave, stoical officer was reduced from a fit, determined leader of men to a physical and mental wreck.

In simple and honest language, Mure conveys the drama of the first landings, knowing that very shortly afterwards he and his men would be ashore and experiencing the same fate; his sympathy for those under his command is clear. Although suffering from shell shock, when the time came for him to leave the peninsular, he nevertheless felt like a deserter, remarking that, 'you can carry a no-longer-fit soldier’s body out of the firing-line, but not his soul.'

Originally published in 1919, Mure's story of his experiences at Gallipoli is full of a rawness and immediacy that I believe makes it worthy of a place amongst the many Great War memoirs.

About the Author

Richard van Emden interviewed 270 veterans of the Great War, has written extensively about the soldiers' lives, and has worked on many television documentaries, always concentrating on the human aspects of war, its challenge and its cost to the millions of men involved. Richard van Emden’s books have sold over 660,000 copies and have appeared in The Times’ bestseller chart on a number of occasions.

He has also worked on more than a dozen television programmes on the Great War, including the award-winning Roses of No Man’s Land, Britain’s Boy Soldiers, A Poem for Harry, War Horse: the Real Story, Teenage Tommies with Fergal Keane and most recently, Hidden Histories: WW1’s Forgotten Photographs. He lives in London.