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Four Fires
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 29 hrs and 5 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The four fires in this story are passion, religion, warfare, and fire itself. While there are many more fires that drive the human spirit, love being perhaps the brightest flame of all, it is these four that have moulded us most as Australian people. The four fires give us our sense of place and, for better or for worse, shape our national character.
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- coach amanda
- 2021-08-17
Tommy's story was too long and gruesome for me
The first 20 hours focused on the lives of the Malone family and if the story had ended there, I would have considered this the best audio book I'd listened to, to date. The story is well researched, quirky and the narration is brilliant. Unfortunately most of the last nine hours of the book focuses on Tommy's harrowing experience as a prisoner of war and no detail is spared. I found myself wishing it would end, but instead it transitioned to Mole's experience in Vietnam. This book contains too much war violence and torture for me.
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- Elle
- 2023-01-24
great story as usual
loved it .great narration engrossing informative a true epic novel . Bryce Courtenay always excellent
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- rita
- 2022-08-25
Terrific
One of my favorite books ever! All his books are great but he outdid himself on this one!
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- Ryan B
- 2021-11-29
Hidden gem, deserves more stars
I can’t say enough. The story and performance are both stellar. You may listen more than once to this audio book … I did!
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