About the author - Dr Peter Edwell

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Archaeology at Macquarie University, Sydney. Honing my skills as an ancient historian was invaluable training for researching and writing The Case that Stopped a Nation, which is based almost entirely on original archival research. With a family connection to Australian art and the Dobell controversy itself, the topic has always fascinated me and the opportunity to write a book on this important event in Australian history for the first time was irresistible. Other books I have written include Between Rome and Persia (2008) and Rome and Persia at War (2020).