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1914. When Percy Soul joins the Australian Imperial Force, he believes he’s about to embark on a grand adventure. War has broken out in Europe, and this is his chance to prove himself while fighting for a noble cause. His only concerns: looking after the reckless younger brother who’s enlisted…


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I read this book because I knew and respected the author for his academic work on the Crusader States. WWI had never been a topic that particularly grabbed my interest and Australia is a country I've never visited and whose people I don't know. So I was sceptical -- and all the more delighted to be drawn into a world I had not known and to be carried along on a story that I had not chosen but which held my interest because of the power of the author's voice. This is an intelligent, sensitive, and at times lyrical exploration…

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