An Eye For Eternity. The Life Of Manning Clark
McKenna Mark
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Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: The Miegunyah Press
Publisher Place: Carlton
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: First Edition
Description: 793 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.
Publishers Description: Based on extensive private letters, journals, and diaries, this is the compelling biography of Australias most famous historian, Manning Clark. Painting a sweeping portrait of the man who gave Australians the signature account of their own history, this record chronicles Clarks friendships with author Patrick White and artist Sidney Nolan; details his urgent and dynamic marriage, ripped apart at times by Clarks affairs; and reveals his eccentricitiesfrom his writing letters to his dead parents to his flirting with Catholicism despite his doubts. More than just a biography of a brilliant man, this record is a history of 20th century Australia.
ISBN: 9780522856170
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