Breaker Morant
$26.23
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2020
Summary
Most Australians have heard of the Boer War and of Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero. But Morant was a complicated man. Born in England and immigrating to Queensland in 1883, he established a reputation as a rider, polo player and poet who submitted ballads to The Bulletin and counted Banjo Paterson as a friend. Travelling on his wits and the goodwill of others, Morant was quick to act when appeals were made for horsemen to se…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733646188 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733646182 |
| Author: | Peter FitzSimons |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 154mm x 233mm x 48mm |
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Critics Review
Weaving between fact and fiction, it’s history but reads like a novel.– NSW [PRINT] Sydney Morning Herald, [AUDIENCE: 74,348, ASR: 1280]
…Breaker Morant might be FitzSimons’ most valuable book to date.–NATIONAL, Sydney Morning Herald, [AUDIENCE: 145,231, ASR: AUD 58,689]
Breaker Morant may well be Peter FitzSimons best book so far. It deserves a wide and thoughtful readership.–Michael McKernan, NSW [Print], Newcastle Herald (et al. ACM) [AUDIENCE: 37,564, ASR: AUD 19,556]
Fans of the author’s campfire yarn-style of telling Australian history will find much to like in this latest book.–Jeff Maynard, NATIONAL [PRINT], Herald Sun, [AUDIENCE: 306,571, ASR: AUD 12,877]
If your Kris Kringle is a history buff, they’ll love Peter FitzSimons’ new book […]–NSW [PRINT], Sun Herald, [AUDIENCE: 135,093, ASR: 1309]
Weaving between fact and fiction, it’s history but reads like a novel.–NSW [PRINT] Sydney Morning Herald, [AUDIENCE: 74,348, ASR: 1280]
About The Author
Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons AM is Australia’s bestselling non-fiction writer, and for the past 35 years has also been a journalist and columnist with the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD and the SUN-HERALD.
He is the author of a number of highly successful books, including BREAKER MORANT, BURKE AND WILLS, MONASH’S MASTERPIECE, KOKODA, NED KELLY and GALLIPOLI, as well as biographies of such notable Australians as Sir Douglas Mawson, Nancy Wake and Nick Farr-Jones. His passion is to tell Australian stories, our own stories: of great men and women, of stirring events in our history.
Peter grew up on a farm north of Sydney, went to boarding school in Sydney and attended Sydney University. An ex-Wallaby, he also lived for several years in rural France and Italy, playing rugby for regional clubs. He and his wife Lisa Wilkinson AM - journalist, magazine editor and television presenter - have three children; they live in Sydney.
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