Errol Flynn, 9781761472954
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Errol Flynn: screen idol, legend, and a life lived to excess.

Errol Flynn

The true story of Australia's Hollywood icon

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    30 March 2026

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Summary

Handsome and charismatic, Errol Flynn was one of the first great screen idols. He mesmerised millions around the world with his swordsmanship, swagger and smouldering sexuality. He portrayed an array of heroes in the Golden Age of Hollywood, and his life off screen was no less colourful.

This groundbreaking biography is the first complete account of Errol Flynn’s life, from his unusual childhood in Tasmania and damaging family secrets, to his time in the brutal plantations of New Guin…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761472954
ISBN-10:176147295X
Author:Patricia A. O'Brien
Publisher:Allen & Unwin
Imprint:Allen & Unwin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:30 March 2026
Weight:440g
Dimensions:33mm x 235mm x 156mm
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Critics Review

Immaculately researched and brilliantly told. Errol Flynn is more gripping than all his movies put together. – Alison BashfordO’Brien brilliantly takes us to the dark heart of the world’s most famous dream factory and one of its most notorious, and celebrated, habitues. – Frank BongiornoSuch a great story. I wish I had written this. – Peter FitzSimons

About The Author

Patricia A. O'Brien

Associate Professor Patricia A. O’Brien is an historian, author, analyst and commentator on Australia and Oceania. She is a faculty member in Asian Studies at Georgetown University and Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. She is the author of Tautai and The Pacific Muse, and co-editor of League of Nations, and she writes for The Conversation and The Diplomat.

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