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    <body><![CDATA[Holy hell!  This is one damn good book.  Bryce Courtenay still amazes me in his level of research comparable to only authors such as Diana Gabaldon and Jack Whyte.  It deals with the populating of the British colonies in Australia, Tasmaina, and New Zealand.  While the accuracy of detail is impeccab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4927130">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Potato Factory, by Bryce Courtenay, Narrated by Humphrey Bower, Produced by Bolinda Publishing, downloaded from audible.com.<br/><br/>This book is the first in a series of three.  Bryce Courtenay, in an introduction which he read personally in the audio version, states that it is his tribute t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42035765">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First - I loved this book.  After starting it on vacation (it was the only book at the rental home on the beach where we were) I had to find the others in this series.  <br/>The storyline was so fascinating to me as a look into the lives of the poor and downtrodden - prisoners sent from Britain to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43257301">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has the quality of a folk legend re-imagined. The characters loom larger than life and protagonists endure years of the worst kinds of suffering before triumphing over their oppressors.  The first half of this novel, set in nineteenth century London, is slowly-paced, but packed with eccent...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78490274">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was given to me by the lady in the next apartment to ours whilst we were holidaying on Crete. We'd struck up a 'Lovely weather again/how's your day been?' relationship whilst sitting on our ground floor balconies reading.<br/><br/>&quot;You won't be able to put it down,&quot; she told me...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5868363">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a hojillion pages of surprisingly well-paced storytelling.  Usually longer books like these drag in places, but each time I started to think, &quot;Okay, I'm about done hearing about this,&quot; the author immediately moved on.  <br/><br/>If I were more motivated, I'd look into where the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17224361">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am a fan of Bryce Courtenay.  This book starts out in London with low life characters....some whom I began to care for as the story unfolds. Reminds me of Dickens.....in fact Charles Dickens appears for a half paragraph somewhere in the middle.  It is a long book.....over 600 pages.  I appreciate ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78347625">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyable, but not as good as The Power of One.  I give a book 5-stars if I think it is incredible and would recommend highly.  I give a book 4-stars if it is a good read that is hard to put down.  Just an ordinary good read is 3-stars, and this was a 3-star for me.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A brilliant story telling example from a very colourful and talented writer. Ties in some characters from Oliver Twist in an interesting story arc. Graphic, sad, entertaining and uplifting all in one]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book, my favorite one of the series.  A lot of good detail of London and early Australia.  It reminds you of Oliver Twist, but you're not sure if there will be a happy ending.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Engaging read.  I had to read the 2 follow on books but overall the story had too many loose ends and unfinished sub-plots, and the ending was kind of a let down.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first book in the Trilogy that made me a huge Bryce Courtenay fan!<br/>I love Australian history and it is failure on the part of our school systems to not include this subject matter!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great historical fiction about the discovery of Australia and how the settlers preyed on the natives.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Get caught up in the characters very quickly...will look for more from author as stories connect.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my alltime favorites!  Loved the trilogy attached to this book!  Outstanding!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this historical fiction about Fagin from Oliver Twist. What n incredible tale of class struggle. A must read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[intense. missing fingers, fugitives, potato factories . . . need i say more?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great, great book.  Look forward to future Bryce Courtenay books.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite books!! I want to read it again soon.]]></body>
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