The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse
From the Australian bush to the Battle of Beersheba - an epic story of courage, resilience and derring-do
$49.98
- Hardcover
604 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2023
Summary
On 31st October 1917, as the day’s light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What happened in the next hour changed the course of history.
This brave battle and the extraordinary adventures that led to it are brought vividly to life by Australia’s greatest storyteller, Peter …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733646676 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733646670 |
| Author: | Peter FitzSimons |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 604 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 814g |
| Dimensions: | 52mm x 243mm x 164mm |
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About The Author
Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons AM is Australia’s bestselling non-fiction writer, and for the past 35 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 Nick Farr-Jones. 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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