Summary
‘Our discoveries have been great, but the risks and misfortunes many.’
John Franklin always wanted to be a sailor. As a volunteer in the Royal Navy at age fourteen, he found himself in the Battle of Copenhagen, but nothing could prepare him for the adventure of a lifetime, when he set off in 1801 with his cousin Matthew Flinders on HMS Investigator as it sought to chart the first circumnavigation of Australia.
Taking on responsibility for the chronometers, under the jealous ey…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760896713 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760896713 |
| Author: | Anthony Hill |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 492g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 516mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Anthony Hill
Anthony Hill is a multi-award-winning, bestselling author. His novel Soldier Boy, about Australia’s youngest known Anzac, was winner of the 2002 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Books for Young Adults. More recently, his children’s book, Captain Cook’s Apprentice, won the 2009 NSW Premier’s Young People’s History Prize.
Soldier Boy, Young Digger, Animal Heroes and For Love as Country follow as further testimony to his remarkable ability to extensively research historical material and, from wide-ranging sources, piece together a moving and exciting story.
He is also the author of two novellas, the beautiful Shadow Dog, and the award-winning The Burnt Stick, illustrated by Mark Sofilas, as well as the picture book, Lucy’s Cat and the Rainbow Birds, illustrated by Jane Tanner.
After 40 years living in Canberra, Anthony and his wife, Gillian, have moved to the Mornington Peninsula. Their daughter, son-in-law and grand-daughter, Emily, live in Melbourne.
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