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1942: the year the war came to Australia: The bombing of Darwin and the attack on Sydney by the Japanese by Peter Grose
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
The story of the bombing of Darwin and the Japanese midget sub attack on Sydney Harbour in one volume from the bestselling author of An Awkward Truth and A Very Rude Awakening. 'Grose's compassionate, honest and vivid account deserves to be widely read.' Sun Herald on An Awkward Truth 'About as good as ...Show more
A Very Rude Awakening - The Night the Japanese Midget Subs Came to Sydney Harbour by Peter Grose
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
On the night of 31 May 1942, Sydney was doing what it does best: partying. The theatres, restaurants, dance halls, illegal gambling dens, clubs and brothels offered plenty of choice to roistering sailors, soldiers and airmen on leave in Australia's most glamorous city. The war seemed far away. Newspaper ...Show more
An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942 by Peter Grose
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military
The compelling and very human story of the first foreign assault on Australian soil since settlement--the attack on Darwin by the Japanese in February, 1942 The bombing of Darwin on February 19, 1942, is the battle Australia tries to forget. Although there was much to be proud of that day--courage, ma ...Show more
Ten Rogues: The unlikely story of convict schemers, a stolen brig and an escape from Van Diemen's Land to Chile by Peter Grose
$29.99 AUD
Category: Specials
From the grim docks of nineteenth-century London to the even grimmer shores of the brutal penal colony of Norfolk Island, this is a roller-coaster tale. It has everything: defiance of authority, treachery, piracy and mutiny, escape from the hangman's noose and even love. Peopled with good men, buffoons, ...Show more
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