John Monash
A Biography
$69.98
- Paperback
644 pages
- Release Date
10 November 1998
Summary
Award-winning biography of one of Australia’s greatest men. Completely redesigned and re-set in a handsome new edition.
A major Australian university and a great Victorian freeway are named after Sir John Monash, but many people—especially younger generations—know little about him.
Monash was one of Australia’s greatest men, and probably the greatest of its soldiers. The son of Jewish immigrants from Prussia, he graduated from the University of Melbourne in three faculties—Art…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522850161 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0522850162 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Serle |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 644 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 10 November 1998 |
| Weight: | 333g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 155mm x 41mm |
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“The man who emerges in these pages is a great man with many faults… engrossing reading. Stuart Macintyre
About The Author
Geoffrey Serle
Geoffrey Serle was one of Australia’s most distinguished historians. He won a Rhodes Scholarship in 1947 and completed his doctorate at Oxford University. From 1955 to 1963 he taught in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne, where he edited Historical Studies. He became Reader in History at Monash University, and was later a Professorial Fellow at the Australian National University. He was General Editor of several volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, and his influential books include The Golden Age, The Rush to be Rich and Robin Boyd- A Life. Dr Serle died in 1998.
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