A Certain Grandeur. Gough Whitlam's Life In Politics

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Viking
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: Reprint

Description: 485 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Winner of the Age Book of the Year AwardGraham Freudenbergs inside account of Gough Whitlams political rise and fall is one of the great classics of Australian political writing. From his position as Goughs speechwriter and confidant, just out of the spotlight of history, Freudenberg was an eyewitness to Goughs spectacular rise and fall, which he documents with compelling drama. But A Certain Grandeurs most significant achievement is to capture so vividly the character of the man dictatorial, petulant, erudite, revolutionary.This new edition has been updated to include the Labor Partys regeneration following the Dismissal, and to lay to rest myths about Gough and his governments achievements that have prevailed in the three decades since, including those surrounding what has become one of the most controversial legacies: East Timor.A first-class speechwriter of an intellectually commanding political leader meets the challenges to think and insinuate his way inside the mind of the master . . . This Freudenberg has done splendidly. The AgeHe writes with balance and grace, and with a carefully modulated intensity. The Australian Human, sympathetic, and eminently readable . . . An important study of the evolution of Labor policies and the Australian Labor Party itself. Canberra Times Brilliant Laurie Oakes

ISBN: 9780670073757