POWER WITHOUT GLORY. A novel in three parts
HARDY, Frank 'Ross Franklyn"
From A&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books, Buderim, QLD, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 21 August 2006
From A&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books, Buderim, QLD, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 21 August 2006
About this Item
4th printing. unexpurgated edition.with 14 illustrations by Ambrose Dyson. 8vo. pp.672. Original printed pictorial softcover wrappers which are chipped loosely inserted handwritten list of the supposed real names of the characters and some contemporary cuttings. "In the history of Australian literature few books have been so controversial than Frank Hardy's Power Without Glory.This is a tale of corruption stretching from street corner SP bookmaking to the most influential men in the land - and the terrible personal cost of the power such corruption brings. John West rose from a Melbourne slum to dominate Australian politics with bribery, brutality and fear. His attractive wife and their children turned away from him in horror. Friends dropped away. At the peak of his power, surrounded by bootlickers, West faced a hate-filled nation - and the terrible loneliness of his life. Was John West a real figure? For months during the post-war years, an Australian court heard evidence in a sensational libel action brought by businessman John Wren's wife. After a national uproar which rocked the very foundations of the Commonwealth, Frank Hardy was acquitted. This is the novel which provoked such intense uproar and debate across the nation. The questions it poses remain unanswered.". Seller Inventory # 194180
Bibliographic Details
Title: POWER WITHOUT GLORY. A novel in three parts
Publisher: Published by Realist Printing, Melbourne
Publication Date: 1951
Binding: Soft cover
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