The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse, 9780733646676
Hardcover
A desperate charge. Impossible odds. One hour to change history.

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

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  • Hardcover

    604 pages

  • Release Date

    1 November 2023

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Summary

Beersheba: The Australian Light Horse and the Charge That Changed History

On October 31, 1917, as daylight waned, the Australian Light Horse launched an audacious charge against the enemy. Eight hundred men and their horses thundered across four miles of open ground, directly into the teeth of Turkish artillery, rifles, and machine guns entrenched in the seemingly impenetrable town of Beersheba. The events of the next hour would alter the course of history.

Peter FitzSimons,…

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
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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