The Scandalous Freddie McEvoy
The true story of the swashbuckling Australian rogue
$33.87
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
25 September 2018
Summary
Swashbuckler, daredevil racing-car champion, Winter Olympian, gambler, smuggler, scoundrel, stud and suspected spy - this is the fascinating story of the scandalous Freddie McEvoy.
Born in Melbourne in 1907, Freddie’s life took him from socialising with a young Errol Flynn in Sydney and on to the French Riviera in the heady years leading up to World War II.
With his dashing good looks and charm, Freddie lived a swashbuckling life, quickly figuring out his path to easy fortune …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733639876 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733639879 |
| Author: | Frank Walker |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 25 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 441g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 154mm x 28mm |
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Freddie was one of the great livers of life. He lived it the way he saw it - he didn’t give a hoot. - Errol Flynn
Pleasure is my business. - Freddie McEvoyan extraordinary yarn … finely researched - SUN-HERALD on Frank Walker s GHOST PLATOONthoroughly researched and compelling … a chilling account - SUN-HERALD on Frank Walker s GHOST PLATOONone of those great untold stories … Walker tells it with verve and excitement and with meticulous attention to detail - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD on Frank Walker s THE TIGER MAN OF VIETNAMWalker, and others like him, are doing their country a great service by bringing both the bad and good deeds of Aussie diggers out of the shadows and into the light. - SUNDAY AGE on Frank Walker s GHOST PLATOON‘An original and compelling account that succeeds in exposing the subterfuge and myopia of both British and Australian governments - SATURDAY PAPER on Frank Walker s MARALINGA‘Demonstrates powerfully why, regardless of the context in which the testing took place, the emotional legacy of Maralinga will linger in the Australian psyche - WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN on Frank Walker s MARALINGAAbout The Author
Frank Walker
Frank Walker has been an Australian journalist and foreign correspondent in Germany and the United States for forty years, covering wars and coups, floods and fires, terrorist attacks and political brawls, movie stars and street crime. His first two bestselling books - The Tiger Man of Vietnam and Ghost Platoon - revealed uncomfortable truths about Australia’s actions in the Vietnam War. His third bestselling book, Maralinga, lifted the veil of secrecy thrown over the British atomic bomb tests in the outback and shocking human experiments in Australia in the 1950s and 1960s. His fourth book, Commandos, examined the most daring secret raids behind enemy lines by Australians and New Zealanders in World War II. In 2017 Frank wrote Traitors, an expose on how Australia and its allies betrayed our Anzacs and let Nazi and Japanese war criminals go free. His most recent book is The Scandalous Life of Freddie McEvoy: The true story of the swashbuckling Australian rogue.
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