![]() ![]() There was Tom Pocock’s 1990 biography, Ann Moyal’s more recent study (which concentrates on his post war historical work), and of course, Moorehead’s own hybrid autobiography, published in 1970. Many books have been written about Moorehead. ![]() His novels were not a great success, but as a writer of popular history incorporating his own love of travel and with a feel for larger than life characters, Moorehead’s non-fiction books won prizes, sold well, and ensured a steady flow of work offers. Moorehead used language well but his stock of terms and expressions was often limited. ![]() ![]() The war books are better, yet they suffer a little from the inevitability of repetition when years of conflict are being described. The derring-do of the imperial explorers fascinated me – though when I re-read them years later, the locals were often secondary to the colonial narrative. He decided to change shape again and become a proper writer like his idol Hemingway.Īs a child in the 1960s, many of his books were on our family bookshelves. After 1945, Moorehead, with his Australian accent eliminated, turned his back on lucrative offers from Beaverbrook to stay in his job. ![]()
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