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Major Thomas / Greg Growden ; read by Humphrey Bower.

Major Thomas / Greg Growden ; read by Humphrey Bower.
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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date Res.
C7003421920 AB 340.092 GROW
Audio Book   Home Hill Branch Library . . Available .  
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ISBN 9780655628446
Name Growden, Greg author.
Title Major Thomas / Greg Growden ; read by Humphrey Bower.
Edition MP3 edition ; Unabridged.
Published Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, [2019]
Description 1 audio disc (MP3 CD) (8 hr., 20 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container.
Performers Read by Humphrey Bower.
Summary For more than a century Major Thomas has been a footnote in diverging historical arguments. A proper hearing is long overdue. Opinion is still sharply divided on whether Breaker Morant and his Australian co-defendants were criminals who got what they deserved, or scapegoats used by the British Empire. Major Thomas, the bush lawyer drafted in at the last minute to defend them, is invariably depicted either as a hero or an incompetent fool. Now, for the first time, Greg Growden attempts to unravel the truth about the lawyer and soldier who returned from South Africa a broken man. Before the Boer War, Major Thomas had been a pillar of his community. He was a published poet, newspaper proprietor, lawyer and decorated soldier, but defending Breaker Morant became the defining episode of his life. The former 'King of Tenterfield' endured a stunning fall from grace, slipping into bankruptcy and imprisonment. Thomas ended his days as an eccentric recluse, his life ruined by the ignominy and frustration of finding himself on the wrong side of history.
Subjects Thomas, James Francis, -- 1861-1942
Morant, Breaker, -- ca. 1864-1902 -- Trials, litigation, etc
Handcock, Peter Joseph, -- 1868-1902 -- Trials, litigation, etc
Lawyers -- Australia -- Tenterfield (N.S.W.)Biography
Trials (Military offenses) -- South Africa
Soldiers -- Australia -- Tenterfield (N.S.W.)Biography
War crime trials -- South Africa
South African War, 1899-1902 -- Participation, Australian
South African War, 1899-1902 -- Atrocities
Genre Biographies
Audiobooks
Added Names Bower, Humphrey narrator.
Added Corporate Names Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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