$39.08
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2010
Summary
Peter FitzSimons’ masterful and gripping account of Australia’s legendary Kokoda triumph - our most important battle.
Acclaimed bestselling author Peter FitzSimons tells the Kokoda story in a gripping, moving story for all Australians: Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened - and just what our troops achieved.
‘for Australians, the battles in Papua New Guinea were the most important ever fought’ Paul Keating
‘This reads like…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733619625 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733619622 |
| Author: | Peter FitzSimons |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Edition: | 75th |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 690g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 153mm x 47mm |
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Critics Review
combines stories from both sides with the history of the event to produce a gripping tale - AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
an eloquent case as to why Kokoda should be revered - THE AGEa moving account of the ordeal and experiences of Australian soldiers - DAILY TELEGRAPHan engrossing narrative, beautifully controlled by a master storyteller - SYDNEY MORNING HERALDThis reads like fiction, but it is all fact - Lieutenant Allan Kanga Moore, 39th BattalionAbout The Author
Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons AM is Australia’s bestselling non-fiction writer, and for the past 39 years has also been a journalist and columnist with the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD and the SUN-HERALD.
He is the author of a number of highly successful books, including BREAKER MORANT, BURKE AND WILLS, MONASH’S MASTERPIECE, KOKODA, NED KELLY and GALLIPOLI, as well as biographies of such notable Australians as Sir Douglas Mawson, Nancy Wake and John Eales. His passion is to tell Australian stories, our own stories: of great men and women, of stirring events in our history.
Peter grew up on a farm north of Sydney, went to boarding school in Sydney and attended Sydney University. An ex-Wallaby, he also lived for several years in rural France and Italy, playing rugby for regional clubs. He and his wife, Lisa Wilkinson AM - journalist, magazine editor and television presenter - have three children; they live in Sydney.
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