Political Lives: Australian prime ministers and their biographers

by Christine Wallace

Political Lives is an intimate history of image-making and image-breaking in national politics.

What was the story behind Bob Hawke's famed biography? Why does Paul Keating think biographies of serving politicians are 'like Polaroids of a busy life' while John Howard considers them a big mistake? Where is the 'missing' Menzies biography? Why are our early prime ministers largely absent from historical memory? Chris Wallace...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742237495
• ISBN13: 9781742237497
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: UNSW Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"