But generally, Patrick Harvey was a good narrator of the story. PRAISE FOR GRANTLEE KIEZA OAM 'Engagingly written. If they are wrong, they lessen our trust in the narrator. Grantlee Kieza, author of critically acclaimed best-selling biographies of John Monash, Banjo Paterson, Joseph Banks, Lachlan Macquarie and Henry Lawson reveals the extraordinary life of the man who gave an Australian icon its wings. By award-winning bestselling writer Grantlee Kieza, Banks is a rich and rollicking biography of one of the most colourful and intriguing characters in the history of exploration. 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.
The narrator made quite a few howlers in pronunciation. 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. 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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