The Quiet Shore

The Quiet Shore is 1958 war novel by the British writer Ernest Raymond.

[1] It returns to the subject of one of his best-known works Tell England, set during the Gallipoli campaign during the First World War.

It addresses the theme of homosexuality which had been a subtext in the earlier novel.

[2] Forty years after the costly landings, Gerry Browning returns to Gallipoli with his wife.

While there he relives the terrible experiences and his intense admiration for a fellow officer.