Eureka. The Unfinished Revolution

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: William Heinemann
Publisher Place: North Sydney
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: First Edition

Description: 696 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The only exception are a few light age markings on the top edge.

Publishers Description: Readers are drawn into the greatest Australian legend outside of wartime, the Eureka BlockadeAustralias answer to the Boston Tea Party and to the French peoples storming of the Bastille was the Eureka Blockade. It was the moment when the diggers sense of outraged justice united them into a force that changed the course of Australian history. It is the greatest Australian legend outside of wartime, and one that has enormous resonance in the 21st Century as Australians continue to discuss what their formal relationship with Britain should be. Karl Marx followed it closely and wrote about it extensively, while Mark Twain described it as "the finest thing in Australasian history. It was a revolutionsmall in size; but great politically; it was a strike for liberty, a struggle for principle, a stand against injustice and oppression." Peter FitzSimons brings the whole story to life in his trademark fashion, making the reader feel like theyre there as the mighty Eureka flag is first raised and rebels swear allegiance to it; as the British redcoats first launch their attack, and as the digger-rebels fight back in kind.

ISBN: 9781742755250