Flinders
The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS, THE REMARKABLE MRS REIBEY AND HUDSON FYSH
$33.10
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2024
Summary
In 1810, Matthew Flinders made his final voyage home to his beloved wife, Ann, his body ravaged by the deprivations of years of imprisonment by the French. Four years later, at the age of just 40, he would be dead - a premature, tragic end to one of the world’s greatest maritime adventurers who circumnavigated and mapped the famed Great Southern Land, and whose naming of the vast continent would become its modern title: Australia.
Flinders took to the sea at age 16, inspired by the st…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733341564 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 073334156X |
| Author: | Grantlee Kieza |
| Publisher: | ABC Books |
| Imprint: | ABC Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 484g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 154mm x 234mm |
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Grantlee Kieza
Grantlee Kieza OAM is an award-winning journalist and Australia’s No. 1 bestselling historical biographer with more than twenty highly acclaimed books to his name.
Kieza held senior editorial positions at The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, and The Courier-Mail for many years. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his writing. He is a Walkley Award finalist, an ABIA shortlisted author for Biography, and an Indie Award, Age Book of the Year, and Queensland Literary Award shortlisted author for Non-fiction.
His nationally bestselling biographies include:
- Mary Penfold
- Mr and Mrs Gould
- Sister Viv
- Flinders
- The Remarkable Mrs Reibey
- Hudson Fysh
- Lawson
- Banks
- Macquarie
- Banjo
- Mrs Kelly
- Monash
- Bert Hinkler
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