Publisher's Synopsis
Charles Manning Hope Clark remains Australia's best known historian. Australians who otherwise had little interest in knowing more about their country's history responded to what he had to say with enthusiasm, delight and sometimes scorn and rage. This fast-paced biography tells the story of Manning Clark's intriguing life, and reveals much that has hitherto been hidden. It provides a "full length" portrait of an Australian icon to answer the question: what is it about this unconventional professor which continues to arouse so much condemnation and praise?
