{"product_id":"pompey-elliott-ross-mcmullin-9781921372018","title":"Pompey Elliott","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoss McMullin's masterly work retrieves a significant Australian from undeserved obscurity. It also judiciously reassesses notable battles he influenced - including the Gallipoli Landing, Lone Pine, Fromelles, Polygon Wood, and Villers-Brettoneux - and illuminates numerous aspects of Australia's experiences during his lifetime, particularly the often-overlooked period of the aftermath to the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePompey Elliott was a remarkable Australian. During the Great War he was a charismatic, controversial, and outstandingly successful military leader. An accomplished tactician and 'the bravest of the brave', he was renowned for never sending anyone anywhere he was not prepared to go himself. As a result, no Australian general was more revered by those he led or more famous outside his own command.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA man of unimpeachable integrity and unwavering commitment, he was also forthright and volatile. His tempestuousness generated a host of anecdotes that amused his men and disconcerted his superiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet surprisingly little had been written about Elliott until the original edition of this book appeared in 2002. Now in a new format and with a foreword by Les Carlyon, this comprehensive, deeply researched biography tells Elliott's fascinating story. It vividly examines Elliott's origins and youth, his peacetime careers as a lawyer and politician, and his achievements - as well as the controversies he aroused during his years as a soldier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoss McMullin's masterly work retrieves a significant Australian from undeserved obscurity. It also judiciously reassesses notable battles he influenced - including the Gallipoli Landing, Lone Pine, Fromelles, Polygon Wood, and Villers-Brettoneux - and illuminates numerous aspects of Australia's experiences during his lifetime, particularly the often-overlooked period of the aftermath to the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This is a biography that has been written by an author who knows how to write and structure a gripping yarn. Elliott is deservedly a figure of legend, but now, thanks to McMullin, we see his greatness as a man in the context of Australian achievement in World War I.'\n\u003cbr\u003e-Professor Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Pugsley, Australian Historical Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'When I finished this book I said to my wife 'I don't want it to end' ... Australian military history will be different as a result of the publication of this truly excellent biography ... an absolute historical tour de force.'\n\u003cbr\u003e-Kim Beazley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Ross McMullin argues rightly that an Australian who achieved so much \"deserves to be better remembered\". His vivid, thorough biography is the first full account of Elliott's life - surprising, given Pompey's eminence, popularity and personality .... Elliott's story - the great-hearted captain broken by life's blows - is a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, and our history is the richer for McMullin's telling of it.'\n\u003cbr\u003e-Peter Fuller, Australian Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ross McMullin","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":51627594318067,"sku":"8880003021392","price":13.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781921372018.jpg?v=1790367945","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/pompey-elliott-ross-mcmullin-9781921372018","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}