Three Years with Thunderbolt is a 1905 memoir by William Monckton concerning his time with the Australian bushranger Captain Thunderbolt.
[1] Its full title was Three Years With Thunderbolt: Being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt, as servant, companion, and intimate friend: during which period he shared the bushranger's crimes and perils, and was twice severely wounded in encounters with the police.
[2] The book was adapted in a 1905 melodrama Thunderbolt.
[4][5][6] The play was produced by William Anderson and the cast of the original production included Bert Bailey.
[7] The stage version was adapted into the 1910 film Thunderbolt.