ARTHUR PHILLIP:
Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy
Michael Pembroke
$44.95
Few Australians know the real story of how the mercurial Arthur Phillip was a career soldier, a mercenary and a spy for the British Empire long before he captained the First Fleet and founded Sydney. This account of Phillip’s life takes us through wars with Spain and France, battles, courts-martial, and the taking of Havana from the Spanish.
Hardcover, 400 pages, $44.95
ISBN 9781742705088