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    The Lost Boys
    The Lost Boys
    The Lost Boys
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Lost Boys

    Written by Paul Byrnes

    Narrated by Simon Harvey

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    About this audiobook

    In the First World War of 1914–1918, thousands of boys across Australia and New Zealand lied about their age, forged a parent's signature and left to fight on the other side of the world. Though some were as young as thirteen, they soon found they could die as well as any man. Like Peter Pan's lost boys, they have remained forever young. These are their stories.

    This extraordinary book captures the incredible and previously untold stories of forty Anzac boys who fought in the First World War, from Gallipoli to the Armistice. These tales are both heartbreaking and rousing, full of daring, ingenuity, recklessness, random horror and capricious luck.

    A unique perspective on the First World War, The Lost Boys is military history made deeply personal, a powerful homage to youthful bravery and a poignant reminder of the sacrifice of war.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateNov 1, 2020
    ISBN9781004020577
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