The extraordinary story of the bush-ranger and bank robber who became one of the world's most notorious legends - the outlaw Ned Kelly.
PETER FITZSIMONS is journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald and a television presenter and reporter. He speaks four languages, used to play rugby for Australia while the individuals he has interviewed range from George Bush and Sir Edmund Hillary to Jamie Oliver, Jodie Foster and Diego Maradona. He is also Australia’s biggest-selling non-fiction author of the last decade. His books include Kokoda, Tobruk, Batavia and most recently, Ned Kelly.He lives with his wife, 'Today Show' co-host Lisa Wilkinson, and their three children in Sydney.
The Kelly book that exceeds Peter Carey's novel . . . completely
felt, viscerally characterised . . . it success as compelling
historical narrative . . . the bantering, zesty prose takes you in
and keeps you there. But it is FitzSimons' skill at creating a
sense of a fully lived inner world that achieves a consistently
transformative effect on the reader's mental world - the mark of a
very good book indeed.
*CANBERRA TIMES*
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