The Twenty Thousand Thieves

Penguin, Australia, 1992. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 318 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Australia, 1992. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: THE NORTH AFRICAN DESERT: WORLD WAR II. Their officers called them a stinking, lazy, drunken rabble and their friends said they took the colonel prisoner, burnt down their officers' mess and drove off the military police with heavy rifle-fire. This is the unforgettable story of the gallant men of the A.I.F.: the fearless and fatalistic Diggers of the Western Desert. Twenty thousand men were on their way to the deserts of Egypt and Libya: some had joined up for adventure, some were on the run from the police, for others, the army meant three meals a day and a bed to sleep in. From an induction camp in Australia to the siege of Tobruk, the savage intensity of Second X Battalion's experiences is not for the faint hearted. How soon will death silence so many of these brave voices and how many will ring out beyond the brutality of the battlefield? *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; War; ISBN: 0140149279. ISBN/EAN: 9780140149272. Inventory No: 23110041.. 9780140149272