October2018 pub cat

NON - FI CT I ON OCTOBER 2018

ANZAC Sniper RO L AND P E R RY

The extraordinary story of Stan Savige, Gallipoli marksman, Pacific War general and the founder of Legacy The son of a country butcher, Stan Savige left school at twelve to become a blacksmith’s striker. But in 1915, a passage in the bible inspired the devout Scout leader and Sunday school teacher to enlist. Soon his abilities as a crack marksman attracted the attention of the officers and he was put in charge of Sniper Ridge — his job to eliminate the enemy assassins in Anzac Cove. Savige succeeded and survived Gallipoli, only to be sent to the Western Front then Persia as part of the crack squad Dunsterforce. It was the beginning of a long, dangerous and distinguished military career spanning both world wars. In this gripping biography, Roland Perry paints a fascinating and complex portrait of Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, a man of character and compassion, a quiet outsider who founded the war veterans’ support charity Legacy, who still has few peers in courage, skill and achievement and whose record is second to none in Australian military history, in the scope of his combat over two world wars. Roland Perry is one of Australia’s best-known authors. He has written 28 books, including Monash and Chauvel , Celeste , Horrie the War Dog , Bill the Bastard , The Queen, Her Lover, and the Most Notorious Spy in History , Bradman’s Invincibles , The Changi Brownlow , The Australian Light Horse and Monash: The Outsider Who Won a War . The little boat with a big past: the fight to save one of the most important artefacts of Australian military history Down at the wharves of Sydney’s Darling Harbour, an unassuming black timber fishing boat bobs in the water outside the Australian National Maritime Museum. But appearances can be deceiving. MV Krait, as the old trawler is known, played a key role in one of World War II’s most audacious and successful commando raids. The Krait is the most successful Australian ‘warship’ of WWII. In September 1943, thirteen young Z Special Unit operatives sailed the small fishing boat from Australia to Japanese-occupied Singapore to make a daring raid that destroyed 40,000 tonnes of enemy shipping. Operation Jaywick rates as one of the greatest Special Forces operations of all time. The Mighty Krait weaves together the story of Operation Jaywick with the new story of the efforts being made to save the vulnerable little vessel and display it as a permanent memorial to Australian Special Forces. Ian McPhedran is an award-winning journalist and the author of several bestselling books, including The Amazing SAS and Too Bold to Die . Until 2016 he was the national defence writer for News Corp Australia. In 1993, he won a United Nations Association Peace Media Award and in 1999 he won a Walkley Award for his exposé of the Navy’s Collins Class Submarine fiasco. Ian lives in Sydney. The Mighty Krait I AN MC PH E D R AN Publicity Contact: matthew.howard@harpercollins.com.au

9780733338458 e 9781460708729 AU $32.99 NZ $35.00 Trade Paperback | 400pp Released: 24/09/18

9781460755648 e 9781460709801 AU $35.00 NZ $39.99 Trade Paperback | 240pp Released: 24/09/18

Publicity Contact: matthew.howard@harpercollins.com.au

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