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Author: Peter FitzSimons
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 4.80cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.890kg
ISBN: 9780733641367
ISBN 10: 0733641369
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 27 October 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Date TBC * NATIONAL [ONLINE] www.foodwinetravel.com.au * Peter FitzSimons and his posse of researchers have produced a blockbuster biography of Wilkins, just in time for Christmas. FitzSimons has been both praised and criticised for his populist histories. But, as a best-selling author, no one can doubt his stamina and enthusiasm. -- Ross Fitzgerald * NATIONAL [PRINT] The Australian (AUDIENCE : 94,448, ASR: AUD 8,310) * Peter FitzSimons has done his level best to return George Hubert Wilkins to the pantheon of the greatest Australians. He has told a story for the nation. -- Michael McKernan * NSW [PRINT] The Newcastle Herald (AUDIENCE : 16,626, ASR: AUD 9,569) * The tale FitzSimons tells is, simply, staggering. The reader absorbs adventure after adventure, near death experiences followed by more near death experiences, and a capacity for a humanity that is also exceptional. -- Mark McKernan * TAS [PRINT] Sunday Examiner, Launceston (AUDIENCE : 12,305, ASR: AUD 5,323) * Peter FitzSimons has done his level best to return George Hubert Wilkins to the pantheon of the greatest Australians. He has told a story for the nation. -- Michael McKernan * NSW [ONLINE] Northern Beaches Review * Peter FitzSimons has done his level best to return George Hubert Wilkins to the pantheon of the greatest Australians. He has told a story for the nation. -- Michael McKernan * [ONLINE] Wollondilly Advertiser * In FitzSimons' folksy style he follows Wilkins from his home at the edge of the Outback, to his attempt to reach the North Pole in a submarine in 1931. Hopefully, FitzSimons' popularity with help elevate Wilkins to the place in our history he richly deserves. -- Jeff Maynard * TAS [PRINT] Hobart Mercury * In FitzSimons' folksy style he follows Wilkins from his home at the edge of the Outback, to his attempt to reach the North Pole in a submarine in 1931. Hopefully, FitzSimons' popularity with help elevate Wilkins to the place in our history he richly deserves. -- Jeff Maynard * VIC [PRINT] Herald Sun *
Author Information
Peter FitzSimons AM is Australia's bestselling non-fiction writer, and for the past 38 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.
