Gallipoli: from the author of The Opera House, Batavia and Mutiny on the Bounty

Peter FitzSimons

On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail.Turkey regards the victory to this day as a defining moment in its histo...

Revolting Rhymes

Roald Dahl

Brand-new book of wickedly clever rhymes by the world's number-one storytellerThis book is filled with revolting rhymes.(Be warned- It's no ordinary Once upon a time).There's poor Cindy whose heart was torn to shreds, because her Prince, he chops off heads!Snow White's dwarfs although awfully nice, are ...