Cry of the Curlew

· Frontier Book 1 · Bolinda · Narrated by John Voce
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A stark and vivid novel of Australia's brutal past. An epic tale of two families, the Macintoshes and the Duffys, who are locked in a deadly battle from the moment squatter Donald Macintosh commits an act of barbarity on his Queensland property. Their paths cross in love, death and revenge as both families fight to tame the wild frontier of Australia's north country. WARNING: STRONG VIOLENCE, THEMES AND COARSE LANGUAGE.
A stark and vivid novel of Australia's brutal past. An epic tale of two families, the Macintoshes and the Duffys, who are locked in a deadly battle from the moment squatter Donald Macintosh commits an act of barbarity on his Queensland property. Their paths cross in love, death and revenge as bot...

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Peter Watt is the bestselling Australian author of more than ten novels of historical fiction, including the Colonial series and the Frontier series. His life experiences have included time as a soldier, articled clerk to a solicitor, prawn-trawler deckhand, builder's labourer, pipe layer, real-estate salesman, private investigator, police sergeant and adviser to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. He has lived and worked with Aborigines, Islanders, Vietnamese and Papua New Guineans, and speaks, reads and writes Vietnamese and Tok Pisin (a creole used in PNG).

John Voce is a graduate of London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and has worked as an actor in the UK for more than 30 years. In addition to narrating audiobooks, an occupation John loves, he has also appeared in Downton Abbey, Doctor Who, Primeval, Grantchester, Neighbours, Holby City, Miranda and Jonathan Creek. He also voiced Thomas The Tank Engine for a live international tour. He has resided in Melbourne, Australia since 2015.

Peter Watt is the bestselling Australian author of more than ten novels of historical fiction, including the Colonial series and the Frontier series. His life experiences have included time as a soldier, articled clerk to a solicitor, prawn-trawler deckhand, builder's labourer, pipe layer, real-e...

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