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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull
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'Born to Rule is the unauthorised biography that unravels the many layers of the man who has just become the 29th Prime Minister of Australia.

'The highs and lows of Malcolm Turnbull's remarkable career are documented here in technicolour detail by journalist Paddy Manning. Based on countless interviews and painstaking research, it is a forensic investigation into one of Australia's most celebrated overachievers.

'Turnbull's relentless energy and quest for achievement have taken him from exclusive Point Piper to Oxford University; from beating the Thatcher government in the Spycatcher trial to losing the referendum on the republic; from defending the late Kerry Packer—codenamed Goanna—in the Costigan Royal Commission to defending his own role in the failure of HIH, Australia's biggest corporate collapse. He was involved in the unravelling of the Tourang bid for Fairfax, struck it rich as co-founder of OzEmail, and fought his own hotly contested battle for Wentworth.

As opposition leader he was duped by Godwin Grech's 'Utegate' fiasco; as the most tech-savvy communications minister he oversaw a nobbled NBN scheme. And now he has assumed the leadership of the Liberal Party for the second time after wresting the prime ministership from first-term PM Tony Abbott.

'Will Turnbull crash and burn as he has before or has his entire tumultuous life been a rehearsal for this moment?' (Publication summary)

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Works about this Work

The Philosophy of a Billionaire : A Second Look at the Businessman Tuned Politician Paul Williams , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 16-17)

'Future generations of readers will invariably look back in awe at the second decade of twenty-first-century Australian politics for its ridiculous revolving door of prime ministers. Personal and journalistic accounts of this rare instability – Australia had six prime ministers between 2010 and 2018 – have certainly proved a publishing bonanza. Defeated prime ministers publish memoirs as rapidly as journalists and commentators write their chronicles.'  (Introduction)

Review : Born To Rule Clive Hodges , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , March 2016;

— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull Paddy Manning , 2015 single work biography
Taken at the Flood Varun Ghosh , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 377 2015; (p. 14-15)

— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull Paddy Manning , 2015 single work biography
Soaring Ambition and a Streak of Hubris Louis Nowra , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5 December 2015; (p. 17)

— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull Paddy Manning , 2015 single work biography
Irresistible Rise of a Boy with Bravado Paul Sheehan , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 November 2015; (p. 26-27) The Saturday Age , 28-29 November 2015; (p. 26)

— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull Paddy Manning , 2015 single work biography
Irresistible Rise of a Boy with Bravado Paul Sheehan , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 November 2015; (p. 26-27) The Saturday Age , 28-29 November 2015; (p. 26)

— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull Paddy Manning , 2015 single work biography
Soaring Ambition and a Streak of Hubris Louis Nowra , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5 December 2015; (p. 17)

— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull Paddy Manning , 2015 single work biography
Taken at the Flood Varun Ghosh , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 377 2015; (p. 14-15)

— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull Paddy Manning , 2015 single work biography
Review : Born To Rule Clive Hodges , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , March 2016;

— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull Paddy Manning , 2015 single work biography
He's Not the Messiah ... Brett Evans , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , December 2015;

— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull Paddy Manning , 2015 single work biography
'Paddy Manning’s biography of Malcolm Turnbull reveals a man in a blazing hurry, writes Brett Evans' 
The Philosophy of a Billionaire : A Second Look at the Businessman Tuned Politician Paul Williams , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 16-17)

'Future generations of readers will invariably look back in awe at the second decade of twenty-first-century Australian politics for its ridiculous revolving door of prime ministers. Personal and journalistic accounts of this rare instability – Australia had six prime ministers between 2010 and 2018 – have certainly proved a publishing bonanza. Defeated prime ministers publish memoirs as rapidly as journalists and commentators write their chronicles.'  (Introduction)

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