Araluen / Judy Nunn ; read by John Derum.

By: Nunn, Judy [author.]Contributor(s): Derum, John [narrator.] | Penguin Audio AustraliaMaterial type: SoundSoundPublisher: Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, [2021]Copyright date: ℗2021Edition: MP3 edition ; UnabridgedDescription: 2 MP3 CDs (18 hr., 46 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in containerContent type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781867584193Subject(s): Brothers -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Motion picture industry -- Fiction | Vineyards -- Australia -- South Australia -- Fiction | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- FictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction. | Audiobooks. | Domestic fiction. | Historical fiction.Read by John Derum.Summary: On a blistering hot day in 1850, George and Richard Ross take their first steps on Australian soil after three long months at sea. All they have is each other, and a quarterly remittance from their irate father who has banished them to the Colonies. A decade on, and the brothers are the owners of successful vineyard, Araluen, nestled in a beautiful green valley not far from Adelaide. Now a successful businessman, George has laid down the roots of his own Ross dynasty, born of the New World. But building a family empire - at any cost - can have a shattering effect on the generations to come. From the South Australian vineyards of the 1850s to the opulence and corruption of Hollywood's golden age. From the relentless loneliness of the outback to mega-budget movie-making in modern-day New York Judy Nunn weaves an intricate web of characters and locations in this spellbinding saga of the Ross family and its inescapable legacy of greed and power.
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On a blistering hot day in 1850, George and Richard Ross take their first steps on Australian soil after three long months at sea. All they have is each other, and a quarterly remittance from their irate father who has banished them to the Colonies. A decade on, and the brothers are the owners of successful vineyard, Araluen, nestled in a beautiful green valley not far from Adelaide. Now a successful businessman, George has laid down the roots of his own Ross dynasty, born of the New World. But building a family empire - at any cost - can have a shattering effect on the generations to come. From the South Australian vineyards of the 1850s to the opulence and corruption of Hollywood's golden age. From the relentless loneliness of the outback to mega-budget movie-making in modern-day New York Judy Nunn weaves an intricate web of characters and locations in this spellbinding saga of the Ross family and its inescapable legacy of greed and power.

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