'when the facts conflict with the legend' – how does a biographer balance storytelling with the truth?
- Written by: Matthew Lamb, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland., The University of Queensland
Ron Lach/PexelsIn October 1975, at a talk in Wollongong, Frank Moorhouse discussed the first project for which he deliberately undertook archival and historical research – a feature film called Between Wars. This process would become integral to Frank’s work.
It would culminate in his celebrated “Edith trilogy”, which...