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Banks
Released the same day as the standard print edition
Title:
Banks
Written by:
Grantlee Kieza 
Read by:
Patrick Harvey 
Format:
Unabridged CD Audio Book 
Number of CDs:
12 
Duration:
14 hours 17 minutes 
Published:
November 05 2020 
Available Date:
November 05 2020 
Age Category:
Adult 
ISBN:
9781867502050 
Genres:
Non-fiction; Australian; Biography 
Publisher:
ABC Audio 
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#1 bestselling author
Award winning author

Shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards 2021

By award-winning bestselling writer Grantlee Kieza, Banks is a rich and rollicking biography of one of Britain's most colourful and successful scientists.

Sir Joseph Banks was a man of passion whose influence spanned the globe. A fearless adventurer, his fascination with beautiful women was only trumped by his obsession with the natural world and his lust for scientific knowledge. Fabulously wealthy, Banks was the driving force behind monumental voyages and scientific discoveries in Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific, Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and the Arctic. In 1768, as a galivanting young playboy, he joined Captain James Cook’s Endeavour expedition to the South Pacific. Financing his own team of scientists and artists, Banks battled high seas, hailstorms, treacherous coral reefs and hostile locals to expand the world’s knowledge of life on distant shores. He returned with thousands of specimens of plants and animals, generating enormous interest in Europe, while the racy accounts of his amorous adventures in Tahiti made him one of the most famous and notorious men in England. 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.