![]() But generally, Patrick Harvey was a good narrator of the story. If they are wrong, they lessen our trust in the narrator. ![]() Is there no producer present to make sure the narrator gets these things right? - surely it would be easy, with search engines, to say place names properly. Banks by Grantlee Kieza is a brilliant portrayal and biography of Joseph Banks and his voyages of discovery. The narrator made quite a few howlers in pronunciation. He is a Walkley Award finalist and the author of twenty-one acclaimed books, including bestsellers Hudson Fysh, The Kelly Hunters, Lawson, Banks, Macquarie. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Australian and British history. I found the non-Cook sections, before and after the voyages, more interesting, and they certainly showed what a major figure Banks was, not only in science but in public affairs generally, and as a wealthy benefactor for many people and organizations. It was not quite as interesting as the others because I knew so much about Captain Cook's voyages, and Banks' important part in them - but all that had to be told of course. Henry Lawson captured the heart and soul of Australia and its people with greater clarity and truth than any writer before him. ![]() ![]() I have enjoyed two other biographies by Grantley Kieza, those of Macquarie and Paterson, and this one is of the same high standard. ![]()
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