To Pierce The Tyrant's Heart. A Military History of The Battle for The Eureka Stockade 3 December 1854 by Blake, Gregory - 2009

Loftus, NSW: Australian Military History Publications / Australian Army History Unit, 2009. Hardback large tall octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour & black & white & single-colour illustrations (including front & rear jacket), maps, minor edgewear jacket. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 242 pp. On 3 December 1854 a battle between gold miners, soldiers and police raged for twenty minutes at the Eureka Lead in Ballarat, in the Victorian goldfields. This book, for the first time, looks at the actual military events that unfolded during the battle. Gregory Blake argues convincingly that Eureka was not a massacre, as it has been portrayed. Rather, it was a hard fought military engagement. This book brings the battle to life in an original manner.