The Life of Matthew Flinders

'In Estensen, Flinders has at last found his Boswell.' Paul, Brunton, The Weekend Australian 'Estensen's book is a work of painstaking scholarship, worn lightly - it will be an enduring contribution to Australian history.' Gillian Dooley, Australian Book Review 'Estensen gives us the ups and downs of the man in the commander's jacket. She has taken an 18th century mariner and made a 21st century man of him.' Martin Terry, Sydney Morning Herald In 1790, a stubborn sixteen-year-old defied his fath