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The Sydney Opera House

Peter FitzSimons

If only these walls and this land could talk . . .

The Sydney Opera House is a breathtaking building recognised around the world as a symbol of modern Australia. Along with the Taj Mahal and other World Heritage sites it is celebrated for its architectural grandeur and the daring and innovation of its design. It showcases the incomparable talents involved in its conception construction and performance history.

But this stunning house on Bennelong Point also holds many secrets and scandals. In his gripping biography Peter FitzSimons marvels at how this magnificent building came to be details its enthralling history and reveals the dramatic stories and hidden secrets about the people whose lives have been affected both negatively and positively by its presence.

He shares how a conservative 1950s state government had the incredible vision and courage to embark on this nation-defining structure; how an architect from Denmark and construction workers from Australia and abroad invented new techniques to bring it to completion; how ambition betrayal professional rivalry sexual intrigue murder bullying and breakdowns are woven into its creation; and how it is now acknowledged as one of the wonders and masterpieces of human ingenuity.

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  • Classification : History
  • Pub Date : NOV 3, 2022
  • Imprint : Constable
  • Page Extent : 608
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781472131379
  • Price : INR 1,499
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Peter FitzSimons

Peter FitzSimons is Australia's bestselling non-fiction writer and for the past 30 years he has also been a journalist and columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald and the SunHerlad.

He is the author of a number of highly successful books including Kokoda Ned Kelly and Gallipoli as well as biographies of such notable Australians as Sir Douglas Mawson Nancy Wake and Nick Farr-Jones. His passion is to tell Australian stories of great men and women of stirring events in Australian history.

Peter grew up on a farm north of Sydney went to boarding school in Sydney and attended Sydney University. An ex-Wallaby he also lived for several years in rural France and Italy playing rugby for regional clubs. He and his wife Lisa Wilkinson - journalist magazine editor and currently co-presenter of TODAY on Channel 9 - have three children; they live in Sydney.

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