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In Search Of Breaker Morant

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Author : Margaret Carnegie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979

In Search Of Breaker Morant written by Margaret Carnegie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The true story of hard-hitting, hard-drinking Harry Morant and the infamous trials of the Bushveldt Carbineers can now be told in "In the search of Breaker Morant" for the first time. In this book you get the whole guts, the true, unvarnished facts gathered during painstaking research, with documents which until now have been kept secret, the whole man, good and bad, with boldness and all the bastardry.

Breaker Morant

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Author : Peter FitzSimons
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-10-27

Breaker Morant written by Peter FitzSimons and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-27 with History categories.

The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero? Most Australians have heard of the Boer War and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero. But Morant was a complicated man. Born in England and immigrating to Queensland in 1883, he established a reputation as a rider, polo player and poet who submitted ballads to The Bulletin and counted Banjo Paterson as a friend. Travelling on his wits and the goodwill of others, Morant was quick to act when appeals were made for horsemen to serve in the war in South Africa. He joined up, first with the South Australian Mounted Rifles and then with a South African irregular unit, the Bushveldt Carbineers. The adventure would not go as Breaker planned. In October 1901 Lieutenant Harry Morant and two other Australians, Lieutenants Peter Handcock and George Witton, were arrested for the murder of Boer prisoners. Morant and Handcock were court-martialled and executed in February 1902 as the Boer War was in its closing stages, but the debate over their convictions continues to this day. With his masterful command of story, Peter FitzSimons takes us to the harsh landscape of southern Africa and into the bloody action of war against an unpredictable force using modern commando tactics. The truths FitzSimons uncovers about 'the Breaker' and the part he played in the Boer War are astonishing - and finally we will know if the Breaker was a hero, a cad, a scapegoat or a criminal.

Breaker Morant

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Author : Peter FitzSimons
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-05-06

The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero? Most people have heard of the Boer War and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero. But Morant was a complicated man. Born in England and immigrating to Queensland in 1883, he established a reputation as a rider, polo player and poet who submitted ballads to The Bulletin and counted Banjo Paterson as a friend. Travelling on his wits and the goodwill of others, Morant was quick to act when appeals were made for horsemen to serve in the war in South Africa. He joined up, first with the South Australian Mounted Rifles and then with a South African irregular unit, the Bushveldt Carbineers. The adventure would not go as Breaker planned. In October 1901 Lieutenant Harry Morant and two other Australians, Lieutenants Peter Handcock and George Witton, were arrested for the murder of Boer prisoners. Morant and Handcock were court-martialled and executed in February 1902 as the Boer War was in its closing stages, but the debate over their convictions continues to this day. With his masterful command of story, Peter FitzSimons takes us to the harsh landscape of southern Africa and into the bloody action of war against an unpredictable force using modern commando tactics. The truths FitzSimons uncovers about 'the Breaker' and the part he played in the Boer War are astonishing - and finally we will know if the Breaker was a hero, a cad, a scapegoat or a criminal.

Breaker Morant

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Author : Joe West
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2016-12-15

Breaker Morant written by Joe West and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-15 with History categories.

Kitchener's scapegoat or a murderous war criminal? The truth about Breaker Morant revealed

Shoot Straight You Bastards

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Author : Nick Bleszynski
language : en
Publisher: Random House Australia
Release Date : 2011-11-30

Shoot Straight You Bastards written by Nick Bleszynski and has been published by Random House Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with History categories.

A fascinating insight into Breaker Morant and the question of morality and human life. The question of "The Breaker's" innocence is still being fiercely debated more than a century after Lieutenant Harry Morant and Lieutenant Peter Handcock were shot on a lonely veldt outside Pretoria at dawn on 27 February, 1902, by a British military firing squad. Shoot Straight, You Bastards! is a universal account of greed, ambition and the power of the political machine that crushes anyone who gets in the way. In much the same way that Bruce Beresford's award-winning feature film Breaker Morant captured the popular imagination, Shoot Straight, You Bastards! is an explosive read, as controversial an event today as it was 101 years ago. In every war there is a character like Morant - a rebellious spirit who ends up on the wrong side of the "great cause". This updated edition includes an appendix containing dramatic new evidence that Kitchener gave orders to "take no prisoners". Expert legal opinion supporting the Breaker's innocence and a strong campaign to secure a proper judicial review combine here in a story Australians have waited more than a century to read!

Bushveldt Carbineers

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Author : George Witton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Bushveldt Carbineers written by George Witton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.

A war without pity on the South African veldt George Witton was a member of the Bushveldt Carbineers-a mounted, highly mobile unit trained to hunt down its Boer counterparts of the Commandos during the Boer War at the turn of the 20th century. Theirs was no 'gentleman's war' which took account of for fair play and the rules of war-it was a 'kill or be killed' existence of ambushes, night attacks and summary executions in which neither side could claim non-participation. War became a personal business for Witton and his fellow Carbineers-Morant and Handcock-as brother officers were found murdered and brutalised and prisoners were caught bearing their personal effects. Matters came to a head with the infamous courts-marshal of some of the Bushveldt Carbineers and the execution of some and imprisonment of others in a scandal that rocked the British Empire and struck to the core of the relationship between the mother country and one of its most loyal colonies.

Breaker Morant

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Author : Kenneth Ross
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979

Breaker Morant written by Kenneth Ross and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.

'Don't make a mess of it.' Of such stuff are legends built, heroes made, and plays written. The popularity of Harry 'Breaker' Morant survives still, in this play written by Kenneth Ross. Here Ross, in theatrical terms, has created the last days of 'Breaker' Morant based on what is known of the characters involved, the circumstances leading up to the arrests, and a number of events known to have occurred at the time. Originally performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre on 2 February 1978. The script of the film Breaker Morant, produced by the S.A. Film Corporation was adapted from Kenneth Ross's play.

Breaker Morant And The Bushveldt Carbineers

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Author : Arthur Davey
language : en
Publisher: Van Riebeck Society
Release Date : 1987

Breaker Morant And The Bushveldt Carbineers written by Arthur Davey and has been published by Van Riebeck Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) categories.

Scapegoats Of The Empire The True Story Of Breaker Morant S Bushveldt Carbineers

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Author : by Witton G. R
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2009-09-09

Scapegoats Of The Empire The True Story Of Breaker Morant S Bushveldt Carbineers written by by Witton G. R and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-09 with Literary Collections categories.

Sweet Jimmy

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Author : Bryan Brown
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2021-08-31

Sweet Jimmy written by Bryan Brown and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-31 with Fiction categories.

Bryan Brown has been telling stories with his distinctive Australian voice on TV and in film for a long time, but this time he's writing crime in his first book. 'Uniquely Australian and uncommonly good, I could hear the author's voice in every spare, haunting line. More please.' - Michael Robotham 'My friend Bryan Brown, quite apart from his other manifold talents, turns out to be an excellent writer. An authentic voice; highly imaginative yet completely believable, with a flair for fully realised characters and a gripping narrative ... a great story teller. This is utterly baffling. I'm furious.' - Sam Neill It was a gentle knock. Agnes had been waiting for it. Hoping he would be on time. Such a lovely fella, she thought... 'Come on through. Got a surprise for you,' she said. He had one for her too. Phil and Sweet Jimmy are cousins. Phil grows orchids . . . spider orchids . . . learnt about them in the nick. Jimmy likes orchids, too, but there are other things he likes even more . . . Trish Bennett didn't like her life. Hadn't liked it for a long time. Been on the streets. Bit of this for a bit of that. The 'that' wasn't always nice. Then Ahmed found her. Sam is a tea-leaf, a thief. Likes nickin. . . anything . . . always has . . . until the day he knocked off more than the Volvo. Fell for the sexy and beautiful Sue May from Hong Kong, Frank Testy did. Silly old prick. What price for ego? A huge bloody price it turns out. Taut and crackling with character, these gritty, raw and sometimes very funny stories from Australian great Bryan Brown are Aussie Noir at its best. Crime doesn't discriminate . . . it can happen to anyone . . . it could happen to you . . . in any ordinary suburb . . . at any time.

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