Nick Bleszynski Nick Bleszynski i(A66124 works by)
Born: Established:
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Heritage: British
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1 History or Legend? Nick Bleszynski , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , August/September no. 180 2008; (p. 12)
1 4 y separately published work icon Bloodlust : The Unsavoury Tale of Alexander Pearce, the Convict Cannibal Nick Bleszynski , North Sydney : Heinemann Australia , 2008 Z1519677 2008 single work novel historical fiction

'Powerful and relentless, the hunger pursues you like a wild beast without respite. You can resist it for hours, even days, but it eventually overwhelms your reason with its desperate desire to be satisfied.

'Eat or be eaten ... that was the terrible choice facing the eight convict bolters from Macquarie Harbour, Australia's most remote and brutal penal colony. Lost and starving after a week in a wilderness no white man had ever crossed, order breaks down when one finally gives voice to their secret thoughts, "I could eat a piece of a man."

'Soon betrayal, lies and murder reign and the convicts start to fear each other more than the spears of the Aborigines. Who'll be served next? Will any of them reach the settled areas alive?

'Bloodlust is the story of this terrible journey as seen through the eyes of Irishman Alexander Pearce, who discovers what happens when men are pushed past their limits and what lies in the dark shadows beyond.' (Publication summary)

1 Italicising the Imagination Nick Bleszynski , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , December - January no. 154 2005-2006; (p. 14, 22)
The author examines the fine line between writing fiction and non-fiction.
1 4 y separately published work icon You'll Never Take Me Alive : The Life and Death of Bushranger Ben Hall Nick Bleszynski , Milsons Point : Random House , 2005 Z1227838 2005 single work novel historical fiction
1 Foreword Nick Bleszynski , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Breaker Morant : A Backblock Bard : The Collected Verses of Harry 'Breaker' Morant 2002; (p. 6-9)
1 Hope Yet for Historical Hero to Get Fair Go and Fair Trial Nick Bleszynski , 2002 single work biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 February 2002; (p. 4-5)
2 7 y separately published work icon Shoot Straight, You Bastards! : The Truth Behind the Killing of 'Breaker' Morant Nick Bleszynski , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2002 Z943204 2002 single work biography (taught in 1 units)

Murder or justice? This question is still being fiercely debated a century after Lieutenant Harry 'Breaker' Morant and Lieutenant Peter Handcock were shot on a lonely veldt outside Pretoria at dawn on 27 February 1902, by a British military firing squad. They were found guilty by court martial of murdering Boer prisoners. In popular vernacular 'shoot straight' means 'tell the truth'. The lies, deceit and political skulduggery behind these executions are exposed here for the first time.

The issue of Harry 'Breaker' Morant's guilt or innocence remains unresolved. In this work Nick Bleszynski asserts that the guilt for Morant's and Peter Handcock's deaths lies with Lord Kitchener.

1 Howling for the Undermost Dog Nick Bleszynski , 2002 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 January vol. 120 no. 6309 2002; (p. 26)
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