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The Catalpa Rescue: The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison story in Australian and Irish history

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By (author): Peter FitzSimons

The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history.

New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote prison in the British Empire, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on the Catalpa to rescue the men from the stone walls of this hell on Earth known to the inmates as a 'living tomb'. What follows is one of history's most stirring sagas that splices Irish, American, British and Australian history together in its climactic moment.

For Ireland, who had suffered English occupation for 700 years, a successful escape was an inspirational call to arms. For America, it was a chance to slap back at Britain for their support of the South in the Civil War; for England, a humiliation. And for a young Australia, still not sure if it was Great Britain in the South Seas or worthy of being an independent country in its own right, it was proof that Great Britain was not unbeatable.

Told with FitzSimons' trademark combination of arresting history and storytelling verve, The Catalpa Rescue is a tale of courage and cunning, the fight for independence and the triumph of good men, against all odds.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 569g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 232mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Oct 2019
  • Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781472131348

About Peter FitzSimons

Peter FitzSimons is Australia's bestselling non-fiction writer and for the past 30 years he has also been a journalist and columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald and the SunHerlad. He is the author of a number of highly successful books including Kokoda Ned Kelly and Gallipoli as well as biographies of such notable Australians as Sir Douglas Mawson Nancy Wake and Nick Farr-Jones. His passion is to tell Australian stories of great men and women of stirring events in Australian history. Peter grew up on a farm north of Sydney went to boarding school in Sydney and attended Sydney University. An ex-Wallaby he also lived for several years in rural France and Italy playing rugby for regional clubs. He and his wife Lisa Wilkinson - journalist magazine editor and currently co-presenter of TODAY on Channel 9 - have three children; they live in Sydney.

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