The Best Hated Man in Australia: The Life and Death of Percy Brookfield by Paul Robert Adams

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has inscribed inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker.

They don't make politicians like 'Jack' Brookfield (1875-1921) anymore. From mining underground in Broken Hill, he 'rose like a meteor in public life' to possibly be the most extreme anti-politician ever elected in this country.

The Great War and the following years saw unprecedented political turmoil in Australia, and Brookfield was in the thick of it. By the time he was fatally shot at Riverton in South Australia, Brookfield held the balance of power in NSW and had played major roles in many of the era's leading political and industrial events: the Big Strike, the plot of the 'IWW Twelve' to burn down Sydney, and the bitter national conscription debate. (back cover)