Australia's Most Infamous Jail

Inside the walls of Pentridge Prison

By: James Phelps

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Paperback | 4 October 2023

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304 Pages

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THE NEW BOOK FROM AUSTRALIA'S BESTSELLING TRUE CRIME AUTHOR

In a long-awaited return to his best-selling prison series, James Phelps will lift the lid on Australia's most infamous prison - HM Prison Pentridge, the former home of Mark 'Chopper' Reed and Ned Kelly.

From Jika Jika to the execution of Ronald Ryan, the last man executed in Australia, Phelps recreates the history of one of Australia's most infamous institutions in his critically acclaimed page-turning style featuring never before published interviews with some of Pentridge's most infamous inmates.

About the Author

James Phelps is an award-winning senior reporter for Sydney's The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph. He began as an overnight police-rounds reporter before moving into sport, where he became one of Australia's best news-breaking rugby league journalists. James was then appointed News Corp Australia's Chief National Motorsports Writer and travelled the world chasing Formula 1 stories, as well as covering Australia's V8 Supercar races. As well as writing bestselling and critically acclaimed biographies of Dick Johnson and Johnathan Thurston, James established himself as Australia's number-one true crime writer with his bestselling prison series, including Australia's Hardest Prison, Australia's Most Murderous Prison, and Australia's Toughest Prisons. His most recent books are Australian Heist (2018), a dramatic retelling of the true story behind Australia's largest gold robbery, and Australian Code Breakers (2020), a gripping account of how Australian cryptographers helped bring about the most vital Allied naval victory of World War I.

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