‘In this vivid and engaging novel of war and friendship, Barney Campbell shows us once again that he is a natural writer. This is a novel of men at arms of the highest quality’. Alexander McCall Smith

‘A fantastic writer’ Kate Saunders, THE TIMES

‘A wonderful, unsentimental novel about male friendship in wartime’ Antonia Senior, The Times

‘The Fires of Gallipoli is a compelling, fast-paced, new historical fiction novel from Barney Campbell … His vivid storytelling really brought the trench warfare experience alive’ History with Jackson

'A heart-wrenching, sweeping portrayal of friendship forged in the trenches of the First World War’ The Sunday Post

‘The Fires of Gallipoli is more than just a wartime history, it is a tale of epic friendship and its trials and joys. It reflects the ancient epics that Edward and Thorne ostensibly ridicule, but ultimately fixate on, throughout their friendship. It is a tale of a friendship forged in Hell(es), and the struggle to sustain it outside of such a hellscape.’ Aspects of History

'Visceral, intensely moving and illuminating, Barney Campbell’s novel The Fires of Gallipoli is a powerful evocation of the horrors and the Mediterranean campaign in the First World War and of male friendship, flawed heroes and military futility' Country Life Magazine