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The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse

From the Australian bush to the Battle of Beersheba - an epic story of courage, resilience and derring-do

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The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse

By: Peter FitzSimons
Narrated by: Richard Bligh
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On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What happened in the next hour changed the course of history.

This brave battle and the extraordinary adventures that led to it are brought vividly to life by Australia's greatest storyteller, Peter FitzSimons. It is an epic tale of farm boys, drovers, bank clerks, dentists, poets and scoundrels transported to fight a war half a world away, and is full of incredible characters: from Major Banjo Paterson to Lawrence of Arabia; the brilliant writer Trooper Ion Idriess and the humble General Harry Chauvel; the tearaway Test fast bowler 'Tibby' Cotter and the infamous warhorse, Bill the Bastard. All have their part to play in the enthralling, sprawling drama of the Australian Light Horse.

Theirs was a war fought in an ancient land with modern weapons; where the men of the Light Horse were trained in sight of the pyramids, drank in the brothels of Cairo and fought through lands known to them only as names from the Bible.

The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse traces the hard path of the Light Horse from the bleakest of starts - being deprived of their horses and fighting at Gallipoli in the tragic Battle of the Nek - to triumph and glory in the desert. Revealing the feats of the Australians who built the legend, it is a brilliantly told tale of courage, resilience and derring-do from Australia's favourite storyteller. Animals Biological Sciences Military Outdoors & Nature Science War Middle East
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A quite vivid story depicting a long way travelled by Australian mounted troopers to, through and from the Middle East fulfilling their duty to the British Empire. I got to know the huge piece of history of Europe and the Middle East in the beginning if 20th century and I like it.

Astonishing history of Australian spirit

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History is depicted in a way that transports the reader through time and space to be captured by the epic journeys of the individuals and collective whole.

Engrossing

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Another great read from the Master story teller of our age, cant wait for your next one

Brilliant book

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Great story with great characters. Makes the drive past the light horse exchange on the m4 much more meaningful !

Makes the drive past the light horse exchange more meaningful !

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Sometimes a bit dragged out but all in all kept me listening and enjoying it

A great story of a great Australian event

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