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Peter FitzSimons

Born

in Peats Ridge, New South Wales, Australia

June 29, 1961

Website

http://www.peterfitzsimons.com.au/

Genre

Sports, Biographies & Memoirs, History

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Peter FitzSimons is one of Australia’s most prominent and successful media and publishing identities. His busy professional life involves co-hosting the breakfast program on Sydney's Radio 2UE, writing weekly columns for the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald newspapers, appearing on Foxtel's Back Page television show and, when time permits, authoring best-selling books. A correspondent for London's Daily Telegraph as well, he is also in high demand as a guest speaker and presenter ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 21,686 ratings · 2,097 reviews · 84 distinct works • Similar authors

	Batavia 4.26 avg rating — 3,721 ratings — published 2011 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nancy Wake 4.26 avg rating — 3,596 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds 4.45 avg rating — 1,901 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kokoda 4.28 avg rating — 1,851 ratings — published 2004 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tobruk 4.25 avg rating — 1,070 ratings — published 2006 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burke and Wills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers 4.26 avg rating — 810 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	James Cook: The Story Behind the Man Who Mapped the World 4.20 avg rating — 813 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gallipoli 4.27 avg rating — 770 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ned Kelly: The Story of Australia's Most Notorious Legend 4.13 avg rating — 722 ratings — published 2013 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mawson and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen 4.21 avg rating — 673 ratings — published 2011 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We had a teacher called Fanny Menlove, and I remember once when she was out of the room Nancy went up to the blackboard and wrote it backward - Menlove Fanny - and we all fell around laughing. She got into big trouble, but she didn't seem to mind. She had no fear.”
― Peter FitzSimons, Nancy Wake

tags: biography, humor

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“One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. WALTER SCOTT D”
― Peter FitzSimons, Nancy Wake

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“hegemony in the Pacific was the great South Land”
― Peter FitzSimons, Kokoda: 75th Anniversary Edition

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