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There was a Breaker Morant - he was executed at Pretoria on 27 February 1902. His crime? Wilful murder of civilians. Yet to this day his guilt remains in doubt. Kit Denton's novel, The Breaker, does more than recount the facts and mystery surrounding Morant's death sentence. Full of action and set in three continents, it covers the entire range of the Breaker's activities. We see him as a champion horseman, a likeable larrikin, a popular balladist. We see him in love and in war. Then we see him face the firing squad that will end his life. Was he a cold-blooded killer or a scapegoat? Based on a true story.

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Dedication: It took patience, hard work, / understanding, love and much sympathy / to write this book. / I showed very little of any / of them, therefore this is for my wife LE who showed them all.
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Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1973 .

Extent: 268p.
ISBN: 0207126917
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1979 .

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Extent: 268p.
ISBN: 0207140650

Series: Australian Classics (Angus & Robertson) Angus and Robertson (publisher), series - publisher
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,: St. Martin's Press , 1981 .

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Extent: 268p.
Edition info: 1st ed.

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ISBN: 0312095171
Publisher: Horizon Publishing

Toronto, Ontario,
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Canada,
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Americas,: Horizon Publishing , 1981 .

Extent: 268p.

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ISBN: 0919157165
Publisher: Pocket Books

New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,: Pocket Books , 1982 .

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Extent: 295p.
ISBN: 0671447629
Publisher: Times House ; The Australian

Kensington, Randwick area, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Times House ; The Australian , 1983 .

Extent: 268p.
ISBN: 0858356910

Series: y The Collector's Library of Australia's Great Books Kensington : Times House The Australian , 1983-1984 Z1222746 1983-1984 series - publisher
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y Great Australian Writers [Vol. 1] London : Octopus Publishing Group , 1987 Z1291016 1987 anthology novel autobiography London : Octopus Publishing Group , 1987
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The Persistence of Myth : Kit Denton and Breaker Morant Vivienne Kelly , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 91 2007; (p. 123-134, notes 193-194)

'A Man Never Knows His Luck in South Africa' : Some Australian Literary Myths from the Boer War Shirley Walker , 1996 single work biography
— Appears in: Kunapipi , [Double Issue] vol. 18 no. 2-3 1996; (p. 15-26)

Writers Set the Historical Record Straight Kit Denton , 1991 single work criticism correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 April 1991; (p. 20)

'Breaker' Morant in Fact, Fiction, and Film Hallman B. Bryant , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature/Film Quarterly , vol. 15 no. 3 1987; (p. 138-145)

Breaking New Ground on Morant Fia Cumming , 1983 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 July vol. 103 no. 5375 1983; (p. 54)

[Review] The Breaker : A Novel Clement Semmler , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 April 1974; (p. 15)
— Review of The Breaker : A Novel Kit Denton , 1973 single work novel

Folk Hero in the Making? David McNicoll , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 April vol. 96 no. 4901 1974; (p. 44, 46)
— Review of The Breaker : A Novel Kit Denton , 1973 single work novel

The Persistence of Myth : Kit Denton and Breaker Morant Vivienne Kelly , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 91 2007; (p. 123-134, notes 193-194)

Writers Set the Historical Record Straight Kit Denton , 1991 single work criticism correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 April 1991; (p. 20)

Breaking New Ground on Morant Fia Cumming , 1983 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 July vol. 103 no. 5375 1983; (p. 54)

'Breaker' Morant in Fact, Fiction, and Film Hallman B. Bryant , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature/Film Quarterly , vol. 15 no. 3 1987; (p. 138-145)

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