Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Kunama Namadgi (snowy mountain) or Mount Kosciuszko? That is the question
DARIUS VON GUTTNER SPORZYNSKI welcomes the biography of an 18th-century social reformer whose name sits atop Australia’s highest mountain
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The Incredible Life of the Man Behind the Mountain
by Anthony Sharwood, Hachette, £15.99
ANTHONY SHARWOOD’s Kosciuszko: The Incredible Life of the Man Behind the Mountain is far more than a biography of an extraordinary historical figure. It invites readers to join him on a journey to uncover who Kosciuszko was, why his name sits atop Australia’s highest mountain, and whether it should remain there.
The biography begins with a simple yet intriguing question: “Who was the Kosciuszko fella?”
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