Author Description

There's Always More to the Story is a collection of 80 extraordinary true stories selected by John Laws and Christopher Stewart that will intrigue, delight and inform every reader. Ranging right across Australia's history from the First Fleet to the present day, these fascinating stories detail the people and events that helped shape the Australian legend-stories that recount heroism, perseverance, strange coincidence, genius and tragedy. Each story is compellingly told in Laws' inimitable style. And each one reveals that with even the best-known tales, there's always more to the story than first meets the eye.Illustrated by original black and white photographs throughout the text, this book is a treasure-trove of fact and anecdote, specially chosen by John Laws from amongst his favourite Australian stories.