Tiberius with a Telephone
The Life and Stories of William McMahon
Published on 6. August 2019
Book
Hardback
784 pages
978-1-947534-75-9 (ISBN)
Description
William McMahon was a significant, if widely derided and disliked, figure in Australian politics in the second half of the 20th century. This biography tells the story of his life, his career, and his doomed attempts to recast views of his much-maligned time as Australia's prime minister.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 66 mm
Weight
1089 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-947534-75-9 (9781947534759)
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Person
Patrick Mullins is a Canberra-based writer and academic who has a PhD from the University of Canberra. Tiberius with a Telephone, his first book, won the 2020 NSW Premier's Non-Fiction Award and the 2020 National Biography Award. He is also the author of The Trials of Portnoy: how Penguin brought down Australia's censorship system.