Summary
Drawing on a range of new sources, some of which have never before been made public - including hundreds of pages from Kerr’s archives - this remarkable account is dispassionate in its analysis, vivid in its narrative and brutal in its conclusions. It exposes the true motivations, the extent of the deceit and the scale of the collusion.
Forty years on, the dismissal remains one of the most damaging and controversial events in Australian politics. This groundbreaking book by two of our…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143574088 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143574086 |
| Author: | Paul Kelly |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 41mm x 132mm x 197mm |
Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly is editor-at-large of The Australian. He has previously served as editor-in-chief of the paper, where he writes on Australian politics, public policy, and international affairs. Kelly appears weekly on Australian Agenda and was a regular on Insiders for nearly a decade.
He is the author of nine books, including:
- The Unmaking of Gough
- The Hawke Ascendancy
- The End of Certainty
- November 1975
- Paradise Divided
- 100 Years: The Australian Story
- The March of Patriots
- Triumph and Demise
- The Dismissal
Troy Bramston
Troy Bramston has been a senior writer and columnist with The Australian newspaper since 2011. He previously wrote as a columnist for the Sunday Telegraph.
Bramston is the author or editor of ten books. His works include Robert Menzies: The Art of Politics (2019) and Paul Keating: The Big-Picture Leader (2016). He co-authored The Truth of the Palace Letters (2020) and The Dismissal (2015) with Paul Kelly.
He was a co-winner of the Australian Book Industry Award for The Dismissal. His biography of Paul Keating was a finalist for the Walkley Award, shortlisted for the National Biography Award, and longlisted for the Australian Book Industry Award. In 2001, he was awarded the Centenary Medal.
He lives in Sydney with his wife, Nicky, and children, Madison and Angus.
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