X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Tumbledown


Battle of Mount Tumbledown

This close-quarters night battle was later dramatised in the BBC film Tumbledown.

The battle was depicted in the BBC television play Tumbledown, about the experiences of Robert Lawrence before, during and after the war.

Tumbledown

While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left paralysed on his left side.


Dušan Petričić

Petričić has received numerous awards for his work including an IBBY Certificate of Honour, an Alberta Book Award for his illustrations in Tim Wynne-Jones' On Tumbledown Hill and many others.


see also