A Certain Grandeur: Gough Whitlam In Politics
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Few figures in Australian political history command the same mythic stature as Gough Whitlam, and A Certain Grandeur: Gough Whitlam in Politics stands as the definitive insider account of a prime ministership that transformed a nation. Written by Graham Freudenberg — the brilliant speechwriter who crafted Whitlam's most soaring rhetoric and witnessed the drama of the Labor government from its closest vantage point — this biography chronicles the rise, reign, and dramatic dismissal of one of Australia's most visionary and controversial leaders. Freudenberg presents a sweeping narrative of Whitlam's crusade to modernise Australia, detailing the landmark social reforms, the bold foreign policy shifts, and the constitutional crisis of November 1975 that brought the government crashing down in a manner unprecedented in the nation's democratic history. Beyond political chronology, Freudenberg's prose illuminates the grand ambitions and human contradictions of a man who genuinely believed he could reshape Australia's destiny. Written with the eloquence one would expect from a master wordsmith, the account is both an intimate portrait and a rigorous political analysis, drawing on Freudenberg's unparalleled access to the corridors of Labor power. A work of passion, intellect, and historical weight, it leaves the reader to grapple with a haunting question: what might Australia have become had the Whitlam experiment been allowed to run its full, audacious course?
Author: Graham Freudenberg
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few figures in Australian political history command the same mythic stature as Gough Whitlam, and A Certain Grandeur: Gough Whitlam in Politics stands as the definitive insider account of a prime ministership that transformed a nation. Written by Graham Freudenberg — the brilliant speechwriter who crafted Whitlam's most soaring rhetoric and witnessed the drama of the Labor government from its closest vantage point — this biography chronicles the rise, reign, and dramatic dismissal of one of Australia's most visionary and controversial leaders. Freudenberg presents a sweeping narrative of Whitlam's crusade to modernise Australia, detailing the landmark social reforms, the bold foreign policy shifts, and the constitutional crisis of November 1975 that brought the government crashing down in a manner unprecedented in the nation's democratic history. Beyond political chronology, Freudenberg's prose illuminates the grand ambitions and human contradictions of a man who genuinely believed he could reshape Australia's destiny. Written with the eloquence one would expect from a master wordsmith, the account is both an intimate portrait and a rigorous political analysis, drawing on Freudenberg's unparalleled access to the corridors of Labor power. A work of passion, intellect, and historical weight, it leaves the reader to grapple with a haunting question: what might Australia have become had the Whitlam experiment been allowed to run its full, audacious course?