{"product_id":"breaker-morant-9781472131430","title":"Breaker Morant","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe epic story of the Boer War and Harry ''Breaker'' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost people have heard of the Boer War and of Harry ''Breaker'' Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero. But Morant was a complicated man. Born in England and immigrating to Queensland in 1883, he established a reputation as a rider, polo player and poet who submitted ballads to \u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e and counted Banjo Paterson as a friend. Travelling on his wits and the goodwill of others, Morant was quick to act when appeals were made for horsemen to serve in the war in South Africa. He joined up, first with the South Australian Mounted Rifles and then with a South African irregular unit, the Bushveldt Carbineers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe adventure would not go as Breaker planned. In October 1901 Lieutenant Harry Morant and two other Australians, Lieutenants Peter Handcock and George Witton, were arrested for the murder of Boer prisoners. Mo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739379282263,"sku":"9781472131430","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472131430.jpg?v=1720052070","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/breaker-morant-9781472131430","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}