The Australian Journal of Politics and History, March 1st, 2004
In 1999, David Day's 610-page John Curtin: a Life was published by HarperCollins. It was followed in 2001 by his 562-page Ben Chifley, again published by HarperCollins. Two more "damned, thick, square books", as the first Duke of Gloucester is reputed to have complained to Edward Gibbon about the volumes of The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. What follows are some comments on Day's two volumes by what historians describe as "the general reader"; in my case, neither historian nor academic, but one who has an interest in the period covered by the lives of the two Prime Ministers, and who kn...
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