Sydney by Geoffrey Moorhouse

Sydney by Geoffrey Moorhouse

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In this illustrated history of Australia's principal metropolis, Moorhouse explains the city in historical terms, describing how it has come to be the way it is - the most attractive of New World cities with all the virtues of American ones, but none of the vices. The Australian ingredients of warmth, loyalty and resilience also play their part.

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Sydney by Geoffrey Moorhouse

In this illustrated history of Australia's principal metropolis, Moorhouse explains the city in historical terms, describing how it has come to be the way it is - the most attractive of New World cities with all the virtues of American ones, but none of the vices. The Australian ingredients of warmth, loyalty and resilience also play their part.
Geoffrey Moorhouse is 'one of the best writers of our time' (Byron Rogers, The Times), 'a brilliant historian' (Dirk Bogarde, Daily Telegraph) and 'a writer whose gifts are beyond category' (Jan Morris, Independent on Sunday). He is the author of eighteen books, which have won prizes and been translated into several languages. In 1982 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His To the Frontier won the Thomas Cook Award for the best travel book of its year in 1984. He has recently concentrated on Tudor history, notably with THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE and, in 2005, GREAT HARRY'S NAVY. He lives in a hill village in North Yorkshire.
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ISBN 13 9780753809914
ISBN 10 0753809915
Title Sydney
Author Geoffrey Moorhouse
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 2000-07-06
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.