WHEN LONDON CALLS The Expatriation of Australian Creative Artists to Britain by Stephen Alomes

A scarce book on Aussie expats in the UK. This is used book in very good condition: nice and clean with just a little wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

For thousands of young Australians the tearful dockside farewell was a rite of passage as they boarded ships bound for London. For some the journey was an extended holiday, but for many actors, painters, musicians, writers and journalists, leaving Australia seemed to be the only path to personal and professional fulfilment. This book is a collective biography of those people who found themselves categorised as expatriates - people such as Leo McKern, Dame Joan Sutherland, Barry Tuckwell, Don Banks, Phillip Knightley, John Pilger, Peter Porter, Richard Neville, Jill Neville and 'megastars' Barry Humphries, Germaine Greer and Clive James. The book tells of choices they made about career and country, yet it is also a cultural history that traces shifts in the complex relationship between Australia and Britain, as the supposed colonial backwater began to develop its own cultural identity.

Book Details

Code: SKU515

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Large Paperback

Pages: 319

Published: 1999 by Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 0521629780

Postage: $6.90

Price: AUD $8.00