The Wolf
How One German Raider Terrorised Australia and the Southern Oceans in the First World War
$25.14
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2010
Summary
The true story of an epic voyage of destruction in World War One. Now in paperback.
July 1917 - the First World War is about to enter its fourth horrendous year and ships are mysteriously disappearing off Australia and New Zealand as a young Australian woman named Mary Cameron sails with her husband and daughter across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney.
Less than a thousand miles from Sydney, a black-hulled freighter appears out of the vast blue emptiness, and Mar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781741666250 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1741666252 |
| Author: | Richard Guilliatt, Peter Hohnen |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | William Heinemann Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2010 |
| Weight: | 282g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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About The Author
Richard Guilliatt
Peter Hohnen (Author)
Peter Hohnen was a partner in a prominent Canberra law firm for 20 years. A commander in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve for two decades, he was posted to Cambridge University in 1999 to study the law of the sea and the laws of armed conflict as a visiting fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. His great-uncle, Alexander Ross Ainsworth, was chief engineer aboard the steamship Matunga when it was captured by SMS Wolf in August 1917.
Richard Guilliatt (Author)
Richard Guilliatt is a journalist and author. Born in the UK, he was a feature writer at The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, before moving to New York in 1986 to work as a freelance writer. His work has appeared in many leading newspapers and magazines. In 2000, he won Australia’s highest award for magazine feature writing, the Walkley Award.
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