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This is the story of two families - branches of the Solomons - transported to an alien land, both of whom eventually grow rich and powerful but who, through three generations, never for one moment relinquish their hatred for each other. It is also the story of our country from the beginning until we came of age as a nation.Tags
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I enjoyed this last book in the trilogy more than the previous one. After telling the story of Ikey Solomon and Mary Abacus in book 1, and of Tommo and Hawk in book 2, now it's the turn for the third generation. This is a family history but it's also very intertwined with the history of Australia. Courtenay, as always, is a great storyteller, but he's also rather merciless with the characters and the readers. The last part of the novel is a very intense look into the horrors and butchery of war (WWI in this case).
Not having read the earlier books in this trilogy did not reduce the enjoyment of the story as there was sufficient reference to earlier events to fill in the gaps. not sure how much this would have reduced the enjoyment of I had read the others. A great story well researched and told.
Final book in wonderful Australian trilogy
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Bryce Courtenay was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 14, 1933. He studied journalism in London and then settled in Australia in 1958. Instead of becoming a journalist, he went into advertising and became a successful creative director. He won most of the local and international advertising awards and a gold medal for Best Documentary show more at the 1984 New York Film Festival. He started writing after he turned 50. His first novel, The Power of One, was adapted into a 1992 film starring Morgan Freeman and Stephen Dorff. His other novels include Jessica, The Potato Factory, Tommo and Hawk, Solomon's Song, Tandia, and Jack of Diamonds. In 1993, he wrote the non-fiction book April Fool's Day, which is a personal account of the death of his son Damon after he contracted AIDs from a routine blood transfusion. Courtenay died of stomach cancer on November 22, 2012 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Gallipoli, Turkey; London, England, UK
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PR9619.3 .C5964 .S65 — Language and Literature English English Literature English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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- 24
- ASINs
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