Political lives : Australian prime ministers and their biographers
Wallace, Christine, 1960-2023
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Political Lives is an intimate history of image-making and image-breaking in national politics. In 2011, Chris Wallace was writing a biography of Julia Gillard. After seeing the unparalleled onslaught from the Abbott opposition, she cancelled her contract and repaid her advance with the awareness of how hard the biography could hit. Political Lives is a result of that fraught experience. In it Wallace reflects on the roles and motives of biographers and their biographies in the 20th century. To discover who wrote biographies, and why, Wallace interviewed every living 20th century prime minister and their biographer, from Menzies to Hawke, Whitlam to Keating. The result is an intimate history of Australian national politics. How to Win an Election is not a book designed to change your political opinion. It is a crucial resource for future political campaigns to ensure credibility, competence and accountability. Most of all, it is for party supporters and voters who can cast their vote knowing it has been backed by the best possible efforts to create change.
Political lives : Australian prime ministers and their biographers / Chris Wallace.
Wallace, Christine, 1960-, author
Sydney, NSW : UNSW Press, 2023.©2023
xiii, 314 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
97817422374979781742237497
352.230994352.23
English
530347
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Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 352.23 WAL | Available |