![]() The characters presented are as real and vivid as you could possibly hope for, from Kelly himself and his brother Dan to the other members of the infamous “Kelly gang” Joe Byrne and Steve Hart.īut the title of the book tells us where the real fascination in this text is. In the course of the brisk 280-page book, Kieza peels away the layers of myth surrounding our most infamous criminal.Īs with his previous volumes, there is meticulous research (over 30 pages of footnotes and appendices follow the main body of the book) coupled with some of the most engaging prose you are likely to find in the non-fiction shelves. Of course, Kieza doesn’t shy away from telling us the gory details about Kelly himself and his crimes, which begin with horse thieving before moving on to murder and violence. It follows on from his biography of Ned’s equally famous mother who was in prison during Ned’s crime spree of the late 1870s. Now he presents a Ned Kelly biography with a twist-focusing on the men who hunted him for 20 months following the murder of three police officers. ![]() ![]() Grantlee Kieza has written a number of best-selling biographies of Australian legends such as Henry Lawson, Banjo Patterson, and Lachlan Macquarie. ![]()
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