Breaker Morant by Peter FitzSimons

The complex truth behind an Australian legend

Good Condition – visible cover, corner and edge wear.

Breaker Morant examines the extraordinary life and controversial death of Harry “Breaker” Morant, the horseman, poet and soldier who became one of Australia’s most enduring folk figures. Peter FitzSimons follows Morant from England to Queensland and into the Boer War, where service with the Bushveldt Carbineers ended in his arrest for the murder of Boer prisoners. Morant and Peter Handcock were court-martialled and executed in 1902, yet debate over their convictions continues. Drawing readers into the harsh South African campaign, FitzSimons considers whether Morant was a hero, criminal, scapegoat or something far more complicated.