The Breaker

Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1981. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 281 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1981. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: There was a Breaker Morant - he was executed at Pietersberg on 27 February 1902. His crime? Wilful murder of civilians. Yet to this day his guilt remains in doubt. Kit Denton's novel. The Breaker, does more than recount the fats and mystery surrounding Morant's death sentence. Full of action and set in three continents, it covers the entire range of the Breaker's activities. We see him as a champion horseman, a likeable larrikin, a popular balladist, We see him in love and in war. Then we see him face the firing squad that will end his life. Was this man of enterprise and imagination also a cold-blooded killer? Or was he a scapegoat? *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; War; Australia; ISBN: 0207142688. ISBN/EAN: 9780207142680. Inventory No: 19110151.. 9780207142680