The Breaker
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
One of Australia's most controversial and enduring true stories comes alive in Kit Denton's The Breaker, a gripping account of Harry Breaker Morant — bush poet, horseman, and soldier — whose court-martial and execution during the Boer War ignited a firestorm of debate that still burns over a century later. Set against the brutal and morally ambiguous landscape of the South African veldt, the narrative chronicles the final, fateful chapter in the life of a man who became both a scapegoat and a legend, raising urgent questions about military justice, colonial loyalty, and the price of following orders. Denton writes with the authority of a seasoned journalist and the passion of a true believer in his subject, presenting a searing indictment of the imperial machinery that sent young men to fight — and then abandoned them when the politics demanded it. The Breaker stands as a landmark of Australian popular history, straddling the line between biography and historical drama with uncompromising clarity. It is a book that refuses easy answers, leaving the reader to wrestle with the same question Australians have debated for generations: was Harry Morant a cold-blooded killer, or the victim of a calculated injustice?
Author: Kit Denton
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
One of Australia's most controversial and enduring true stories comes alive in Kit Denton's The Breaker, a gripping account of Harry Breaker Morant — bush poet, horseman, and soldier — whose court-martial and execution during the Boer War ignited a firestorm of debate that still burns over a century later. Set against the brutal and morally ambiguous landscape of the South African veldt, the narrative chronicles the final, fateful chapter in the life of a man who became both a scapegoat and a legend, raising urgent questions about military justice, colonial loyalty, and the price of following orders. Denton writes with the authority of a seasoned journalist and the passion of a true believer in his subject, presenting a searing indictment of the imperial machinery that sent young men to fight — and then abandoned them when the politics demanded it. The Breaker stands as a landmark of Australian popular history, straddling the line between biography and historical drama with uncompromising clarity. It is a book that refuses easy answers, leaving the reader to wrestle with the same question Australians have debated for generations: was Harry Morant a cold-blooded killer, or the victim of a calculated injustice?