page_title: Peter FitzSimons
section_title: Books
hierarchical_section_title: Peter FitzSimons / Career / Books
caption_attribution_description: Peter FitzSimons (born 1961), Australian author, former rugby union player; Eva Rinaldi Photography www.evarinaldi.com
context_page_description: Peter John FitzSimons AM is an Australian author, journalist, radio and television presenter. He is a former national representative rugby union player and has been the chair of the Australian Republic Movement since 2015.
context_section_description: FitzSimons' published works include:
  Basking in Beirut and other adventures with Peter FitzSimons. Allen & Unwin. 1991. ISBN 978-1-86373-052-5.
  with; Kogler, Brian (1991). Little theories of life. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-109-6.
  Rugby stories: some rucking good yarns. Allen & Unwin. 1993. ISBN 978-1-86373-440-0.
  Nick Farr-Jones: the authorised biography. Random House Australia. 1993. ISBN 978-0-09-182758-8.
  Hitchhiking for ugly people: and other life experiences. Random House Australia. 1994. ISBN 978-0-09-182967-4.
  The rugby war. HarperSports. 1996. ISBN 978-0-7322-5687-6.
  Everyone but Phar Lap: face to face with the best of Australian sport. HarperCollins. 1997. ISBN 978-0-7322-6409-3.
  with; Blair, Tony (1998). Beazley: a biography. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-7322-6521-2.
  FitzSimons on rugby: loose in the tight five. Allen & Unwin. 1999. ISBN 978-1-86508-132-8.
  Nancy Wake: a biography of our greatest war heroine. HarperCollins. 2001. ISBN 978-0-7322-6919-7.
  John Eales: the biography. ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85291-644-2.
  Nene. HarperCollins. 2002. ISBN 978-0-7322-7565-5.
  Steve Waugh. HarperCollins. 2004. ISBN 978-0-7322-7647-8.
  Tobruk. Pymble: HarperCollins Publishers. 2006. ISBN 9780732291563.
  Great Australian sports champions. HarperSports. 2006. ISBN 978-0-7322-8517-3.
  The ballad of Les Darcy. HarperCollins Publishers. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7322-8636-1.
  And now for some light relief: the genuinely funny joke book. Ebury. 2009. ISBN 978-1-74166-901-5.
  Kokoda. Hachette UK. 2010. ISBN 9780733626067.
  Charles Kingsford Smith and those magnificent men. Pymble: HarperCollins. 2010. ISBN 9780732288198.
  A Simpler Time. Pymble: HarperCollins Publishers. 2010. ISBN 9780730492511.
  Mawson. North Sydney: William Heinemann. 2011. ISBN 9781742754581.
  Batavia. North Sydney: Random House Australia. 2012. ISBN 9781864711349.
  Eureka: the unfinished revolution. Random House Australia. 2013. ISBN 9780857981271.
  Growden, Greg; FitzSimons, Peter, eds. (2013). More important than life or death: inside the best of Australian sport. Crows Nest: Fairfax Books. ISBN 978-1-74331-319-0.
  Ned Kelly. Random House Australia. 2013. ISBN 9781742758916.
  Gallipoli. Random House Australia. 2014. ISBN 9780857984562.
  Fromelles and Pozières: In the trenches of Hell. Random House Australia. 2015. ISBN 9781742759517.
  Gotta love this country!. Allen & Unwin. 2015. ISBN 978-1-76029-048-1.
  The Great Aussie Bloke Slim-Down: How an Over-50 Former Footballer Went From Fat to Fit... and Lost 45 Kilos. Penguin Books Australia. 2016. ISBN 9780143781868.
  Victory at Villers-Bretonneux: Why a French town will never forget the Anzacs. Random House Australia. 2016. ISBN 9781742759531.
  Seriously ... you have to laugh: great yarns and tall tales from the sporting fields, dressing rooms and commentary boxes of Australia. illustrated by Reg Lynch. Allen & Unwin. 2016. ISBN 978-1-76029-399-4.
  Burke and Wills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers. Hachette Australia. 2017. ISBN 9780733634109.
  Monash's masterpiece: the battle of Le Hamel and the 93 minutes that changed the world. Hachette Australia. 2018. ISBN 978-0-7336-4008-7.
  Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny. Hachette Australia. 2018. ISBN 978-0-7336-3411-6.
  The Catalpa Rescue: The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history. Hachette Australia. 2019. ISBN 978-0-7336-4124-4.
  James Cook: The Story Behind the Man who Mapped the World. Hachette Australia. 2019. ISBN 978-0-7336-4127-5.
caption: FitzSimons with his trademark red bandana[16]
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