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The Life and Adventures of Morrison of China

Autor Peter Thompson, Robert Macklin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2008
The compelling story of the first Australian to break into Fleet Street’s elite corps of foreign correspondents, this powerful and gripping biography narrates “Chinese Morrison’s” life. A strong sense of courage and devotion to reporting the truth led Morrison to expose the Australian Kanaka slave trade; he worked as a correspondent for the London Times in the decadent and dangerous Chinese capital of Peking; he helped to organize the defense of the legations during the 55-day siege of the Boxer Uprising; he then, as adviser to the fledgling Chinese Government, was a pivotal figure in the fall of the last Emperor and the birth of the Chinese Republic. This fascinating account stands as a testament to his life—one that set the benchmark for correspondents to have courage, truth, and a need for expeditions.
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ISBN-13: 9781741753516
ISBN-10: 1741753511
Pagini: 478
Dimensiuni: 149 x 195 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Allen & Unwin

Notă biografică

Peter Thompson, born in Melbourne, was a Fleet Street journalist for 20 years, rising to deputy editor of the Daily Mirror, editor of the Sunday Mirror and a director of Mirror Group Newspapers. Since turning to writing, he has written biographies of the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of York, Robert Maxwell, Elvis Presley, Aristotle Onassis and Jack Nicholson. He lives in London...Robert Macklin, born in Brisbane, began his journalistic career at the Courier-Mail and later wrote for The Age, The Bulletin and The Canberra Times, where he was associate editor until 2002. He is a graduate of the Australian Film and Television School, writer/producer of an eight-part television series, Bushranger Country, and lives in Canberra where he divides his time between writing books, films and television. He is the author of three novels as well as several major non-fiction works including Fire In The Blood and Jacka VC for Allen + Unwin. His biography of Kevin Rudd will be pub