Bennelong and Phillip

‘Rich and exciting history telling … brave, audacious … has the reader thinking deeply about the meaning of history and the role it plays in our lives … Fullagar’s position is ethically scrupulous, and highly objective in research and exposition … I recommend this as a book that carries us much further on the journey to a reconciled future – and a delicious read to boot.’ * <B>Victoria Grieves Williams, <I>The Australian</I></B> * ‘Kate Fullagar’s important new work … brings a creative and original lens to a foundational relationship … Fullagar explores how the two men’s shared history did indeed shape Australia’s, but not simply in the way foundational narratives have tended to represent them … Bennelong & Phillip gives us a new, original lens onto this origin story … And we’re offered a much richer, nuanced account of Bennelong, who Fullagar reads in context and on Country … She also writes beautifully and clearly.’ * <b><i>The Conversation</i></b> * 'In this significant, entwined biography of both men, Kate Fullagar dispels the myths surrounding Bennelong and reframes the context of Phillip’s life ... The innovative structure, fluent prose and illuminating analysis make this book an absorbing read ... Not only an important book but a timely one.' * <B><I>Sydney Morning Herald</I></B> * ‘At a moment of profound uncertainty for future relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, Bennelong and Phillip is essential reading.’ -- <B>Mark McKenna, author of <I>Return to Uluru</I></B> ‘Kate Fullagar has achieved something astonishing … This is reconciled history at its very best.’ -- <B>Distinguished Professor Lynette Russell AM</B> ‘With insight and empathy, Kate Fullagar adds new depth and meaning to this old story of nation-building and imperial dispossession.’ -- <B>Bill Gammage AM, author of <I>The Biggest Estate on Earth</I></B> ‘Bennelong and Phillip is the foundation story of us – the story of Country – the story of our nation.’ -- <B>John Paul Janke, co-host of NITV's <I>The Point</I></B> ‘an important book for our current time … A fantastic book and a challenging one.’ * <I><b>Books+Publishing</b></I> * ‘Contact history of a wonderfully vivid and interesting kind.’ -- <B>Alan Atkinson, author of <I>Elizabeth & John: The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm</I></B> 'This is an important, if not unparalleled work of Australian historiography. It is the sort of book that should receive awards.' * <B>The Newtown Review of Books</B> *