Books written by Mark Peel

  • The History of Australia from 1606 to 1872
    The History of Australia from 1606 to 1872

    A decade earlier, Roosevelt had been impressed by the work of Charles Pearson, a British academic who migrated to Australia and had become influential in university and government circles with his progressive and erudite views on ...

  • The Patriotic Duke
    The Patriotic Duke

    "This is the most reliable account of a full, rich and above all useful life. Mark Peel, biographer of the Duke of Hamilton, is at once action-packed, thorough and balanced.

  • Shirley Williams: The Biography
    Shirley Williams: The Biography

    Rodgers suggested Ian Winterbottom, MP for Nottingham Central between 1950 and 1955, and Shirley, convinced that shewould be a first-rate candidate. Shirley did express an interest, only for Priceto informher that she would beusing her ...

  • Cricketing Caesar
    Cricketing Caesar

    In his second year, he and K.F. Winterbottom were prolific in front of goal, none more so than against Oxford at Grange Road, when he shot the best two goals of the afternoon in their 9-1 victory. His efforts, described as 'outstanding' ...

  • Miss Cutler and the Case of the Resurrected Horse: Social Work and the Story of Poverty in America, Australia, and...
    Miss Cutler and the Case of the Resurrected Horse: Social Work and the Story of Poverty in America, Australia, and...

    Analyzing almost two thousand such case files and traveling from Boston, Minneapolis, and Portland to London and Melbourne, Miss Cutler and the Case of the Resurrected Horse is a pioneering comparative study that examines how these stories ...

  • Never Surrender
    Never Surrender

    Never Surrender: The Life of Douglas Jardine is the enthralling story of England's most controversial cricket captain, forever associated with bodyline bowling on MCC's tour to Australia in 1932/33.

  • Good Times, Hard Times: The Past and the Future in Elizabeth
    Good Times, Hard Times: The Past and the Future in Elizabeth

    "Good Times, Hard Times is local history with a difference. Mark Peel presents a passionate view of a place where ordinary Australians built a new community and new lives, only...

  • A History of Australia
    A History of Australia

    This vivid, multi-dimensional history considers the key cultural, social, political and economic events of Australia's history.

  • The Gamble House Cookbook
    The Gamble House Cookbook

    Presented in Mrs. Mary Gamble's original handwriting and reinterpreted for today by celebrity chef Mark Peel, The Gamble House Cookbook. brings the spirit of this legendary home into the modern kitchen.