Colleen McCullough





Colleen McCullough

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born
June 01, 1937 in Wellington, NSW, Australia

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Colleen McCullough AO (born 1 June 1937) is an internationally acclaimed Australian author. Colleen was born in Wellington in central west New South Wales to James and Laurie McCullough.

She grew up during World War II. In her first year of medical studies at the University of Sydney she suffered dermatitis from surgical soap and was told to abandon her dreams of becoming a medical doctor. Instead, she switched to neuroscience and worked in Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. In 1963 she moved to the United Kingdom where she met the chairman of the neurology department at Yale University at the Great Ormond Street hospital in London, who offered her a research associate job at Yale. McCullough spent ten years researching and teaching in th...more


Average rating: 4.04 · 86,009 ratings · 3,683 reviews · 39 distinct works
The Thorn Birds
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 64,169 ratings — published 1977 — 89 editions
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The First Man in Rome (Mast...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4,779 ratings — published 1990 — 22 editions
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The Grass Crown (Masters of...
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 2,366 ratings — published 1991 — 27 editions
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Fortune's Favorites (Master...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 1,781 ratings — published 1993 — 20 editions
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Caesar's Women (Masters of ...
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 1,663 ratings — published 1996 — 21 editions
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Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5)
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 1,594 ratings — published 1997 — 24 editions
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The October Horse (Masters ...
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,347 ratings — published 2002 — 18 editions
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Antony and Cleopatra (Maste...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,203 ratings — published 2007 — 30 editions
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The Ladies of Missalonghi
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,190 ratings — published 1987 — 21 editions
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Morgan's Run
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 1,048 ratings — published 2004 — 23 editions
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The First Man in Rome The Grass Crown Fortune's Favorites Caesar's Women Caesar The October Horse Antony and Cleopatra
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“There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it has found one. Then, singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest, sharpest spine. And, dying, it rises above its own agony to outcarol the lark and the nightingale. One superlative song, existence the price. But the whole world stills to listen, and God in His heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain… Or so says the legend.”
Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds

“There are no ambitions noble enough to justify breaking someone's heart. ”
Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds

“When we press the thorn to our chest we know, we understand, and still we do it.”
Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds

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