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'''''Three Years with Thunderbolt''''' is a 1905 memoir by William Monckton concerning his time with [[Captain Thunderbolt]]. The book was edited by [[Ambrose Pratt]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237680658 |title=THREE YEARS WITH THUNDERBOLT. |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |issue=8172 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 August 1905 |accessdate=28 July 2023 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
'''''Three Years with Thunderbolt''''' is a 1905 [[memoir]] by William Monckton concerning his time with the Australian [[bushranger]] [[Captain Thunderbolt]]. The book was edited by [[Ambrose Pratt]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237680658 |title=THREE YEARS WITH THUNDERBOLT. |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |issue=8172 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 August 1905 |accessdate=28 July 2023 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>


Its full title was ''THREE YEARS WITH THUNDERBOLT: Being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt, as servant, companion, and intimate friend: during which period he shared the bushranger's crimes and perils, and was twice severely wounded in encounters with the police.''
Its full title was ''THREE YEARS WITH THUNDERBOLT: Being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt, as servant, companion, and intimate friend: during which period he shared the bushranger's crimes and perils, and was twice severely wounded in encounters with the police.''
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*[https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1305801h.html Complete text] at Project Gutenerg
*[https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1305801h.html Complete text] at Project Gutenerg
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52861897 Complete book] at National Library Australia
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52861897 Complete book] at National Library Australia

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Revision as of 04:10, 28 July 2023

AuthorWilliam Monckton
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCaptain Thunderbolt
Genrememoir
Publication date
1905
Publication placeAustralia

Three Years with Thunderbolt is a 1905 memoir by William Monckton concerning his time with the Australian bushranger Captain Thunderbolt. The book was edited by Ambrose Pratt.[1]

Its full title was THREE YEARS WITH THUNDERBOLT: Being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt, as servant, companion, and intimate friend: during which period he shared the bushranger's crimes and perils, and was twice severely wounded in encounters with the police.

Adaptations

The book was adapted in a 1905 melodrama Thunderbolt.[2][3][4]

This in turn was adapted into the 1910 film Thunderbolt.

References

  1. ^ "THREE YEARS WITH THUNDERBOLT". The Daily Telegraph. No. 8172. New South Wales, Australia. 12 August 1905. p. 19. Retrieved 28 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Thunderbolt at Austlit
  3. ^ "THEATRE ROYAL—"THUNDERBOLT."". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 21, 095. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 28 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "DRAMATIC NOTES". The Australasian. Vol. LXXIX, , no. 2063. Victoria, Australia. 14 October 1905. p. 26. Retrieved 28 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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