The Ballad of Les Darcy

by Peter Fitzsimons | Biographies & Memoirs | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780732286361 Global Overview for this book
Registered by catsalive of Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on 8/25/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by catsalive from Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Saturday, August 25, 2007
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'Put Les Darcy in a uniform and the men of Australia will march to hell behind him.'

That was the message Australia's great 'Blacksmith Boxer' was getting, as debate about conscription raged in the middle of World War I. The problem was that Les Darcy didn't want to march at the fore of such a procession, nor to such a destination. He wanted to continue what he had been doing to extraordinary acclaim before the war began - taking on the best boxers the world could throw at him, and lifting his entire family out of poverty as he did so. Torn between the duty he felt he owed his family, and the duty many felt he owed his country, Les made his choice... and faced the consequences.

And so unfolds a ballad of love, war, betrayal, mystery, patriotism and heroism; a ballad of a champion whose story still has the power to move the stoniest heart.

'Peter Fitzsimons has pioneered a new kind of Australian narrative history, combining conventional research with disciplined speculation about the emotions and thoughts of his characters: thus enabling readers to experience the events he is describing with a directness and immediacy achieved by few other historical writers.' - Neil McDonald, author of Chester Wilmot Reports and War Cameraman: The Story of Damien Parer

Released 16 yrs ago (10/6/2007 UTC) at Australian Bookcrossing convention 2007 in Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia

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Journal Entry 3 by alinci-g from Burwood East, Victoria Australia on Saturday, October 6, 2007
Picked this up from the wall of books at Southbank during the ABC 2007 bookwalk. I have always been fascinated by Les Darcy and I expect my husband will find it of interest too.

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