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Joan Makes History: UQP Modern Classics

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Joan Makes History: UQP Modern Classics
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kate Grenville
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 202,Width 130
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780702253515
ClassificationsDewey:823
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Queensland Press
Imprint University of Queensland Press
Publication Date 22 October 2014
Publication Country Australia

Description

This is Australia's past as you won't read it in any history book. Joan pops up in all over famous moments and gives her irreverent female version of them. She remakes history in her own image and asks: who gets written into history, who gets written out, and why?

Author Biography

Kate Grenville is the author of The Secret River.

Reviews

'Joan Makes History is a lively, witty, very wise look at the role of women in our society. Kate Grenville is a writer who knows about those things which belong to eternity.' - Manning Clark