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True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false.

In True History of the Kelly Gang, the legendary Ned Kelly speaks for himself, scribbling his narrative on errant scraps of paper in semiliterate but magically descriptive prose as he flees from the police. To his pursuers, Kelly is nothing but a monstrous criminal, a thief and a murderer. To his own people, the lowly class of ordinary Australians, the bushranger is a hero, defying the authority of the English to direct their lives. Indentured by his bootlegger mother to a famous horse thief (who was also her lover), Ned saw his first prison cell at 15 and by the age of 26 had become the most wanted man in the wild colony of Victoria, taking over whole towns and defying the law until he was finally captured and hanged. Here is a classic outlaw tale, made alive by the skill of a great novelist.

Peter Carey is Senior Consultant with PDP, and Consultant with London law firm, Charles Russell. He has been described by the British Computer Society as one of the UK's leading data protection experts. Peter is one of the UK's foremost trainers on data protection law and practice and he regularly provides bespoke data protection training courses to large organizations.


In his consulting capacity, Peter advises all types of organizations, including charities and law firms, on compliance with UK and EU data protection law. He provides expert advice in all fields of data protection law including the implementation of data protection compliance measures, the drafting of internal data privacy policies, the content of outsourcing agreements, the legality of marketing initiatives, issues relating to the export of personal data outside the EEA and data protection compliance for employers.

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ISBN 13 9780375724671
ISBN 10 0375724672
Title True History of the Kelly Gang
Author Peter Carey
Series Vintage International
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2001-12-04
Number of pages 384
Prizes Winner of Booker Prize 2001, Short-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2002
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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