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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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