{"product_id":"pompey-elliott","title":"Pompey Elliott","description":"Ross McMullin's masterly work retrieves a significant Australian from undeserved obscurity. It also judiciously reassesses notable battles he influenced - including the Gallipoli Landing, Lone Pine, Fromelles, Polygon Wood, and Villers-Brettoneux - and illuminates numerous aspects of Australia's experiences during his lifetime, particularly the often-overlooked period of the aftermath to the Great War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePompey Elliott was a remarkable Australian. During the Great War he was a charismatic, controversial, and outstandingly successful military leader. An accomplished tactician and 'the bravest of the brave', he was renowned for never sending anyone anywhere he was not prepared to go himself. As a result, no Australian general was more revered by those he led or more famous outside his own command.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA man of unimpeachable integrity and unwavering commitment, he was also forthright and volatile. His tempestuousness generated a host of anecdotes that amused his men and disconcerted his superiors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet surprisingly little had been written about Elliott until the original edition of this book appeared in 2002. Now in a new format and with a foreword by Les Carlyon, this comprehensive, deeply researched biography tells Elliott's fascinating story. It vividly examines Elliott's origins and youth, his peacetime careers as a lawyer and politician, and his achievements - as well as the controversies he aroused during his years as a soldier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoss McMullin's masterly work retrieves a significant Australian from undeserved obscurity. It also judiciously reassesses notable battles he influenced - including the Gallipoli Landing, Lone Pine, Fromelles, Polygon Wood, and Villers-Brettoneux - and illuminates numerous aspects of Australia's experiences during his lifetime, particularly the often-overlooked period of the aftermath to the Great War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'This is a biography that has been written by an author who knows how to write and structure a gripping yarn. Elliott is deservedly a figure of legend, but now, thanks to McMullin, we see his greatness as a man in the context of Australian achievement in World War I.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Professor Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Pugsley, \u003ci\u003eAustralian Historical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'When I finished this book I said to my wife 'I don't want it to end' ... Australian military history will be different as a result of the publication of this truly excellent biography ... an absolute historical tour de force.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Kim Beazley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ross McMullin argues rightly that an Australian who achieved so much \"deserves to be better remembered\". His vivid, thorough biography is the first full account of Elliott's life - surprising, given Pompey's eminence, popularity and personality .... Elliott's story - the great-hearted captain broken by life's blows - is a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, and our history is the richer for McMullin's telling of it.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Peter Fuller, \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ross McMullin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516719267901,"sku":null,"price":37.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781921372018.jpg?v=1787568253","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/pompey-elliott","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}