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“Joe Lyons has escaped a book-length biography before now. Anne Henderson has moved with energy and determination to fill that gap. She has set out to find why a man who seemed Labor through and through, a man who stuck with the party during conscription, should betray his solemn pledge during the great bust of the Depression. Anne Henderson has sought to understand the motivations of a man who thought he was acting in the interests of Australia and his own constituents. The explanation is convincing. Whether the explanation relieves Lyons of his breach of loyalty is a matter each reader will make their own decision about”. – Rodney Cavalier AO

“Anne Henderson has helped fill a gap in the historical record with a very readable narrative of Joe Lyons. Derided as a Labor rat because he changed sides, which delivered him the prime ministership, Lyons nevertheless had sound reasons based on his assessment of the national interest for that shift in allegiance.  I found some of the historical material surrounding the 1931 Labor Split during the Great Depression illuminating”. - John Howard AC

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