The Unfinished Palazzo – Love, Life and Art in Venice by Judith Mackrell Reviewed by Anne Henderson THAMES & HUDSON, 2017 ISBN-10: 0500518661 ISBN-13: 9780500518663 RRP $45 (hb) The lives of three striking, but very different, women are the flesh of Judith Mackrell’s The Unfinished Palazzo; the building - Palazzo Venier dei Leoni on the Grand Canal - [...]
The Enigmatic Mr Deakin By Judith Brett Reviewed by Anne Henderson Text Publishing Melbourne, 2017 ISBN: 9781925498660, 9781925410884 RRP $49.99 (hb) For those who have tried to link Australia’s second prime minister Alfred Deakin to the ethos or traditions of the Liberal Party of Robert Menzies, I would recommend they read Judith Brett’s just released The [...]
Pompey Elliott at War, in his own words by Ross McMullin Reviewed by Paul Henderson Scribe Publications, 2017 ISBN (13):9781925322415 RRP $59.99 (hb) Ross McMullin wrote an award-winning biography entitled Pompey Elliott in 2002. Fifteen years later, he has now written Pompey Elliott At War, in his own words. This is a very comprehensive set [...]
Culture at Crisis Point by Giles Auty Reviewed by Ida Lichter Publisher: Connor Court Publishing, 2016 ISBN: 9781925501247 RRP $29.95 British-born Giles Auty was a professional painter who lived in the artist colony of West Cornwall for many years before he took up art criticism. Culture at Crisis Point is a compilation of 50 of [...]
The Twentieth Man By Tony Jones Reviewed by Gerard Henderson Publisher: Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760295004 RRP: $32.99 ABC TV celebrity Tony Jones has written his first book – The Twentieth Man. The title derives from a story of 20 young Croatian Australians who, some half a century ago, went to (then) Yugoslavia to take part [...]
Gay with God: The life and times of a turbulent priest By Julian Punch Reviewed by Gerard Henderson Publisher: Red Planet Print Management, 2017 ISBN: 9780648099604 RRP: $ 34.99 Question: How does the first time author of a self-published book get to do a 30 minute interview with Jane Hutcheon on the ABC TV One Plus [...]
