1835
Author: Boyce, James
ISBN: 9781760644802
Publisher: Black Inc
Year first published: 02 Mar 2023
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize, /b>br>b>The i>Age /i>Book of the Year/b>br>br>'James Boyce tells the true history of this country with rare clarity and an eye for the essential that never fails.' -David Marrbr>br>With the founding of Melbourne in i>1835/i>, a flood of settlers began spreading out across the Australian continent. In three years more land - and more people - was conquered than in the preceding fifty.br>br>In i>1835 /i>James Boyce brings this pivotal moment to life. He traces the power plays in Hobart, Sydney and London, and describes the key personalities of Melbourne's early days. He conjures up the Australian frontier - its complexity, its rawness and the way its legacy is still with us today. And he asks the poignant question largely ignored for 175 years- could it have been different?br>br>With his first book, i>Van Diemen's Land/i>, Boyce introduced an utterly fresh approach to the nation's history. 'In re-imagining Australia's past,' Richard Flanagan wrote, 'it invents a new future.' i>1835 /i>continues this untold story.br>br>'Anyone who calls Melbourne home - in fact anyone who calls Australia home - should read this book.' -Peter Maresbr>br>'A first-class piece of historical writing. Boyce is a graceful and robust stylist and a fine storyteller.' -Sunday Agebr>br>'Revisionist ... unequivocal ... sobering' -Malcolm Turnbull
ISBN: 9781760644802
Publisher: Black Inc
Year first published: 02 Mar 2023
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize, /b>br>b>The i>Age /i>Book of the Year/b>br>br>'James Boyce tells the true history of this country with rare clarity and an eye for the essential that never fails.' -David Marrbr>br>With the founding of Melbourne in i>1835/i>, a flood of settlers began spreading out across the Australian continent. In three years more land - and more people - was conquered than in the preceding fifty.br>br>In i>1835 /i>James Boyce brings this pivotal moment to life. He traces the power plays in Hobart, Sydney and London, and describes the key personalities of Melbourne's early days. He conjures up the Australian frontier - its complexity, its rawness and the way its legacy is still with us today. And he asks the poignant question largely ignored for 175 years- could it have been different?br>br>With his first book, i>Van Diemen's Land/i>, Boyce introduced an utterly fresh approach to the nation's history. 'In re-imagining Australia's past,' Richard Flanagan wrote, 'it invents a new future.' i>1835 /i>continues this untold story.br>br>'Anyone who calls Melbourne home - in fact anyone who calls Australia home - should read this book.' -Peter Maresbr>br>'A first-class piece of historical writing. Boyce is a graceful and robust stylist and a fine storyteller.' -Sunday Agebr>br>'Revisionist ... unequivocal ... sobering' -Malcolm Turnbull
