Breaker Morant : the final roundup / Joe West & Roger Roper.
| Author/creator | West, Joe author. |
| Other author | Roper, Roger (Illustrator) author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2016. |
| Description | 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The early days -- The teenage Murrant -- The Morants -- Mrs Morant -- The wilderness years -- The Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC) -- The old country -- Alfred 'Bulala' Taylor : the Rhodesian soldier -- Events in Northern Transvaal -- The rise of the Tenterfield star -- Arrest to execution -- Aftermath -- Some went home. |
| Abstract | "Workhouse-born Edwin Murrant, educated by the Freemasons, emigrated ... to Australia at the age of nineteen and found work on a cattle station in Queensland. Murrant spent the next sixteen years in Australia as a bushman, balladeer and all-round chancer renowned for his riding skills. Changing his name to Harry Harbord Morant, he claimed to be the son of an admiral. At the start of the Anglo-Boer war he joined the army and went to South Africa, eventually becoming a lieutenant in the Bushveldt Carbineers, an irregular unit fighting in Northern Transvaal. Enraged by the death of a friend in battle, he instigated the murder of prisoners by way of revenge. A missionary who knew too much was also killed under suspicious circumstances. Arrested and tried, he was sentenced to death and shot. Australians suggest he did not have a 'fair go' and was martyred by Lord Kitchener. Others remain fixed in their opinions: he took the law into his own hands and paid the ultimate price for his crimes. This intensively researched book, featuring a wealth of new information, reveals the truth behind the legend of Breaker Morant."--Jacket. |
| General note | "Horseman, bush balladeer, war criminal"--Jacket. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 348-349. |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| ISBN | 1445659654 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781445659657 hardback |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | U55 .M573 W47 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |