Letters To My Daughter. Robert Menzies, Letters, 1955-1975

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Murdoch Books Australia
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: First Edition

Description: 281 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. A Fascinating Insight Into The Political And Personal Beliefs Of The Most Influential Australian Of His Generation.

Publishers Description: "As Australias longest-serving Prime Minister and the founder of the Liberal Party, Sir Robert Menzies is a towering figure in our political and cultural history. Letters to My Daughter is a collection of letters written by Menzies to his only daughter, Heather, throughout the fifties, sixties and seventies, when she was living overseas with her diplomat husband. They are full of warmth, love, humour and insights - both political and personal - and they allow us to see a completely different side of a man most Australians think of as a rather stern and forbidding authoritarian figure. The letters are so beautifully written they make you realise what a lost art letter writing is, and they are introduced by Heather herself, who explains the insider references and humorous asides. The collection also includes fascinating correspondence between Menzies and leaders of the day, including President John F. Kennedy and Gough Whitlam. Even the most rusted-on Labor voter will come away with a different view of Menzies and his legacy after reading this book."

ISBN: 9781742662497