Kings in Grass Castles - Hardcover

Durack, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0094665605 ISBN 13: 9780094665606

Publisher: Constable and Company Ltd, 1985

Synopsis

When Patrick Durack left Ireland for Australia in 1853, he was to found a dynasty of pioneers, and build an empire of cattle-land across the great stretches of Australia. His grand-daughter, Mary Durack, with a profound sense of family history, has rebuilt the saga of the Duracks, a saga that is the story of Australia itself, huge, pioneering, and tremendous in concept.

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This recording follows the fortunes of the Durack family as they build an empire of cattle land across the desolate stretches of central Australia. What begins as a family history expands into a full-blown biography written with painstaking detail and honesty. Jenny Seedsman manages to breathe life into a minutiae-filled narrative, which is often as dry as the Australian landscape. She has a flair for bringing the rough characters of the bush to life and getting the accents just right. Listening to the Durack saga teaches the listener a great deal about nineteenth-century Australia. D.L.G. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Constable and Company Ltd
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0094665605
• ISBN 13: 9780094665606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 448