Peter Fitzsimons: 28 books
Fromelles and Pozières
In the Trenches of Hell
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
In the Trenches of Hell
On 19 July 1916, 7000 Australian soldiers - in the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front - attacked entrenched German positions at Fromelles in northern France. By the next day, there were over 5500 casualties, including nearly 2000 dead - a bloodbath that...
by Peter FitzSimons
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
`an engrossing narrative, beautifully controlled by a master storyteller' Michael McKernan, Sydney Morning Herald
The bestselling, acclaimed, authoritative account of one of the most famous battles in Australian military history ? now established as a classic.
For Australians, Kokoda...
Monash's Masterpiece
The battle of Le Hamel and the 93 minutes that changed the world
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WWI. A largely Australian force, commanded by the brilliant Sir John Monash, fought what has been described as the first modern battle - where infantry, tanks, artillery and planes...
by Peter FitzSimons
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2007
Why does the dominant partner in any sexual relationship usually sleep on the side of the bed nearest the door? Is there a direct relationship between the length of hemlines and the state of the national economy? Are odd numbers evil? And why do drivers with hats drive 40 kilometres per hour slower...
Kokoda
Teen edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
A story of young Australians' mateship and bravery against all odds in WWII
For Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened - and just what our troops achieved. In this new edition of his bestselling account of this seminal battle, Peter...
Fair Go, Sport
Inspiring and uplifting tales of the good folks, great sportsmanship and fair play
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2018
Sport was never meant to be complicated. No gibberish, no statistics, no talk of green-zones, black-zones, channels and percentage plays, no cheating, no grubbiness and certainly no ball-tampering.
Peter FitzSimons celebrates the good, the generous and the kind in Australian sport, the genuine...
Batavia
het waargebeurde, avontuurlijke verhaal van de ondergang van het VOC-schip Batavia in 1629
Language: Dutch
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Een uniek stuk geschiedenis! Het waargebeurde, avontuurlijke en bloedstollende verhaal van de ondergang van het grootste koopvaardijschip van de VOC, de Batavia, in 1629. Bijna 400 jaar geleden voer de Batavia uit om nooit meer terug te keren... Op 29 oktober 1628 vertrekt de Batavia - de trots van...
Mawson
And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Sir Douglas Mawson, born in 1882 and knighted in 1914, remains Australia's greatest Antarctic explorer. On 2 December 1911, his Australasian Antarctic Expedition left Hobart to explore the virgin frozen coastline below Australia, 2000 miles of which had never felt the tread of a human foot. He was...
The Catalpa Rescue
The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history.
New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote...
by Peter FitzSimons
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
The must-read story of the boy from Brisbane who became a wartime hero and aviation trailblazer.
In an action-packed life, the indomitable 'Smithy' went from fighting as a soldier amid the carnage of Gallipoli and the Western Front to taking to the skies against the likes of the Red Baron -...
More Important than Life or Death
Inside the Best of Australian Sport
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
For years journalists have been eyewitnesses to athletes - from the elite to downtrodden - chasing, achieving or falling short of their dreams. They have observed, chronicled and attempted to find the secrets to winning and losing. For some, sport may be a meaningless diversion. For most, it is life's...
by Peter FitzSimons
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
With Magazine Wars, a new ABC drama series from the makers of Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, set to recreate Nene King's heyday presiding over WOMAN'S DAY in the race for ratings, Peter FitzSimon's biography of Nene takes us behind the scenes of Nene's triumphs -- and tragedies. It's 1987. Big hair...
by Peter FitzSimons
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
It's early 1918, and after four brutal years, the fate of the Great War hangs in the balance.
On the one hand, the fact that Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks have seized power in Russia - immediately suing for peace with Germany - means that no fewer than one million of the Kaiser's soldiers...
by Peter FitzSimons
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
An Australian hero torn between family and country 'Put Les Darcy in a uniform and the men of Australia will march to hell behind him.' that was the message trained on Australia's great 'Blacksmith Boxer', as debate about conscription raged in the middle of World War I. the problem was that Les Darcy...
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