Peter FitzSimons

Gebundenes Buch

The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse

Beschreibung

From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli, the extraordinary story of the Australian Light Horse, their defining World War I battle: the iconic cavalry charge at Beersheba in October 1917, and the brave men who built the legend.

Autor

Peter FitzSimons AM is Australia's bestselling non-fiction writer, and for the past 39 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 John Eales. 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hachette Australia
• Seitenzahl: 604
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 812g
• ISBN-13: 9780733646676
• ISBN-10: 0733646670
• Artikelnr.: 68207537