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First published in 1906, Real Soldiers of Fortune is a collection of early biographies of famous (and infamous) soldiers. Here are portraits of Major-General Henry Ronald Douglas MacIver; Major Frederick Russell Burnham; General William Walker; Captain Philo Norton McGiffin; Winston Spencer Churchill; and Baron James Harden-Hickey. Davis’s legendary storytelling skills are evident in these compelling biographies.
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Richard Davis was born and educated in Melbourne and now lives in Queensland. He was encouraged in his writing by Alan Marshall, Ivan Southall and later, Nobel prize-winning author Patrick White. Richard pursued a successful career in commerce before taking up full-time writing in 1997. Since then his published works have included three internationally acclaimed biographies of musicians: Geoffrey Parsons - Among Friends (ABC Books), Eileen Joyce: A Portrait (Fremantle Press) and Anna Bishop - The Adventures of an Intrepid Prima Donna (Currency Press). The latest in this series is Wotan’s Daughter - The Life of Marjorie Lawrence.
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