Book, John Hamilton, The price of valour. The triumph and tragedy of a Gallipoli hero, Hugo Throssell, VC, 2012

Physical description

Index, bibliography, ill, p.393.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

John Hamilton, bestselling author of Goodbye Cobber, God Bless You and Gallipoli Sniper, has written an extraordinary account of Throssell's life: winner of the Victoria Cross, due to his bravery on Gallipoli; husband to novelist and committed socialist Katharine Susannah Pritchard; and fallen hero, thanks to his public denunciation of the war. The Price of Valour details the battles in Gallipoli and Palestine, and a provides a compassionate and intimate portrait of a real Australian hero.

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