Small press specialising in Gallipoli and the First World War in the Middle East.
14/02/2025
Six months ago, we published ‘Hell & Confusion: Alive with Death’ by Jim Grundy, the first volume in his Gallipoli Day by Day series. Covering August 1914 to April 1915, it has been widely praised, and Jim is now hard at work on Volume 2, which will continue the narrative beyond April 1915.
Gallipoli has been studied and debated for over a century—so much so that, as John Spencer asked in his review for the December journal of The Douglas Haig Fellowship:
“What is there new to say?”
“Not much, one might think, until picking up this book.”
Spencer described Hell & Confusion as “that rare thing in military history writing—a page-turner,” where Jim “lets the actors (and actions) speak for themselves, with only well-chosen, laconic, and often amusingly sardonic introductory sentences to provide context. It is a remarkable achievement.”
“Telling the story of that cataclysm, day by day, brings the catastrophe into clear relief.”
“The author has done the hard yards in the archives and amongst the library stacks, and produced a work that will save future historians many arduous days (nay weeks) of research.”
“This is just the first instalment. I'm already looking forward to Volume 2.”
