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Australia
Phillip Knightley
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Description for Australia
Paperback. Part history, part travelogue, part memoir, this book tells the inspiring story of how a one time British colony of convicts turned itself into a prosperous and confident country. This book describes Australia's journey through the eyes of ordinary people, from the trauma of the WW-I to the decline of the relationship with Britain, and more. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Australia celebrated one hundred years as a nation in 2001. This book - part history, part travelogue, part memoir - tells the inspiring story of how a one-time British colony of convicts turned itself into a prosperous and confident country. Through the eyes of ordinary people, Phillip Knightley describes Australia's journey, from federation and the trauma of the First World War, the desperate poverty of the Depression, with its attendant spectres of secret armies and near-civil war, the threat of invasion in the Second World War and the immigration that followed it, and the slow but steady decline in the ... Read more
Australia celebrated one hundred years as a nation in 2001. This book - part history, part travelogue, part memoir - tells the inspiring story of how a one-time British colony of convicts turned itself into a prosperous and confident country. Through the eyes of ordinary people, Phillip Knightley describes Australia's journey, from federation and the trauma of the First World War, the desperate poverty of the Depression, with its attendant spectres of secret armies and near-civil war, the threat of invasion in the Second World War and the immigration that followed it, and the slow but steady decline in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099772910
SKU
V9780099772910
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99-99
About Phillip Knightley
Phillip Knightley is the author of ten non-fiction books. He is best known for The Second Oldest Profession and The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist and Myth Maker. He has met nearly every spy chief on both sides in the spy Cold War and spent one week with the British traitor Kim Philby in Moscow in 1988 ... Read more
Reviews for Australia
Catches the feel of Australia brilliantly. His 350 pages tell you more of Australia's public history and secret life than any academic study ever could. Wonderful
The Times
Knightley deals skilfully and generously with all the great issues his country has faced
Independent
Gripping and comprehensive
Irish Times
A fine book...fascinating
Economist
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The Times
Knightley deals skilfully and generously with all the great issues his country has faced
Independent
Gripping and comprehensive
Irish Times
A fine book...fascinating
Economist
... Read more