Flesh in Armour : War Popular Penguins - Leonard Mann

Flesh in Armour

War Popular Penguins

By: Leonard Mann

Paperback | 26 March 2014

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Nearly 420 000 Australians enlisted during the First World War, and more than half were killed, wounded or captured. The conflict was the most costly in Australia's history. In the fates of his protagonists in his acclaimed Flesh in Armour – one dies valiantly, one dies in an abject and mentally unhinged state, one survives – Mann pays tribute to the sacrifices of his countrymen and reminds readers of the unforgiving test of character found in war then and now.

About the Author

Leonard Mann (1895-1981), writer, was born on 15 November 1895 at Prahran, Melbourne, eldest son of Victorian-born parents Samuel Mann, draper, and his wife Kate Louise, née Truebridge. Leonard was educated at Moreland State School and Wesley College. In 1913 the failure of his father’s business led him to abandon his scholarship and work as a military staff clerk in the Australian Military Forces. He continued studying and enrolled at the University of Melbourne (LL.B, 1920), attending night lectures during 1915 and 1916.

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