Australia's Player King
Exploring Peter Finch’s life as an abandoned, unloved child is key to understanding his brilliant, mesmerising style of acting. In his youth in Australia, he conquered all the fields of acting well before his discovery after the war in 1947 by Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in Sydney during their Old Vic Company Tour. He chose London, and his...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
The Legacy of Douglas Grant
The versatile and gifted Douglas Grant was stereotyped in the media as the Black Digger with a Scottish accent. He was much more than that. Well-educated by White parents who rescued him from an 1886 massacre in the frontier wars, Douglas became an engineering draftsman, woolclasser, charismatic public speaker and storyteller. In the 1st AIF, he fought bravely on the...Paperback$2996Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Apres la Guerre
What really happened to the ex-servicemen in Australia when they returned to civil life? The truth of their stories in peacetime is as shocking as the war they faced. In fact, the line separating the living from the dead was, at times, not clear at all. Many soldiers returned to celebrations, such as the great march in Melbourne on St...PaperbackSold Out
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