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Colleen McCullough






Colleen McCullough

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born
June 01, 1937

gender
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place of birth
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 te...more




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avg rating: 3.94 | 16,034 ratings | 1,559 reviews | 43 distinct works | 40 fans
The Thorn Birds The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
avg rating 4.01 — 8,958 ratings — published 1977
71 editions
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The First Man in Rome The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
by Colleen McCullough
avg rating 4.03 — 825 ratings — published 1990
29 editions
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The Grass Crown The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2)
by Colleen McCullough
avg rating 4.10 — 610 ratings — published 1991
20 editions
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Caesar's Women Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4)
by Colleen McCullough
avg rating 4.05 — 540 ratings — published 1995
22 editions
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Fortune's Favorites Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3)
by Colleen McCullough
avg rating 4.17 — 459 ratings — published 1993
16 editions
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Caesar Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5)
by Colleen McCullough
avg rating 4.17 — 430 ratings — published 1989
22 editions
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The October Horse The October Horse (Masters of Rome, #6)
by Colleen McCullough
avg rating 4.07 — 400 ratings — published 2002
11 editions
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The Ladies of Missalonghi The Ladies of Missalonghi (Harper Short Novel Series)
by Colleen McCullough
avg rating 3.66 — 435 ratings — published 1987
18 editions
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Morgan's Run Morgan's Run
by Colleen McCullough
avg rating 3.74 — 289 ratings — published 2000
19 editions
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Antony and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)
by Colleen McCullough
avg rating 3.57 — 293 ratings — published 2004
19 editions
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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)
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"When we press the thorn to our chest we know, we understand, and still we do it."
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"What was sleep? A blessing, a respite from life, an echo of death, a demanding nuisance? "
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