The Man Who Died Twice by Peter Thompson

The Man Who Died Twice by Peter Thompson

The Man Who Died Twice is the compelling story of Morrison of Peking', who bestrode continents, helped bring down a dynasty and chronicled his times so brilliantly that he not only wrote history but changed it as well. George Ernest Morrison's strong sense of courage and devotion to reporting the truth led him, at only 20, to expose the Australian Kanaka slave trade. He then walked, alone and unaided, from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne only 21 years after explorers Burke and Wills had perished in the same endeavour. And in attempting the first crossing of New Guinea, he was almost killed in an ambush which left two spear tips embedded in his body. However, it was Morrison's work as a correspondent for the London Times in the decadent and dangerous Chinese capital at the turn of the century that brought him international fame, not least when he helped to organise the defence of the legations during the 55-day siege of the Boxer Uprising. Then, as adviser to the fledgling Chinese government, he was a pivotal figure in the fall of the last Emperor and the birth of the Chinese Republic. Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin have written a powerful and g

Peter Thompson, born in Melbourne, was a Fleet Street journalist for 20 years, rising to deputy editor of the Daily Mirror, editor of the Sunday Mirror and a director of Mirror Group Newspapers. Since turning to writing, he has written biographies of the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of York, Robert Maxwell, Elvis Presley, Aristotle Onassis and Jack Nicholson. He lives in London, where he runs Mayfair News Service. Robert Macklin, born in Brisbane, began his journalistic career at the Courier-Mail and later wrote for The Age, The Bulletin and The Canberra Times, where he was associate editor until 2002. He is the author of three novels The Queenslander, The Paper Castle and Juryman as well as two major non-fiction works, 100 Great Australians and The Secret Life of Jesus. He is a graduate of the Australian Film and Television School, writer/producer of an eight-part television series, Bushranger Countr

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ISBN 13	9781741140125
ISBN 10	1741140129
Title	The Man Who Died Twice
Author	Peter Thompson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Allen & Unwin
Year published	2004-03-01
Number of pages	10304
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