I don't know, but I wouldn't have put it past him. But if I remember
correctly Bryce had a team of researchers working with him on each book.
I gave him some information for "Fires" (can't remember what it was, but it
was not about mistletoes).
Denise
On 29/12/13 6:21 AM, "Alan Gillanders" <>
wrote:
> Greg,
> I think that is right. He also got something wrong about mistletoes in the
> "Fires" 3/4 I cannot remember and something about Tasmanian mammals in Tommo
> and Hawk. It made me think that he had placed an error in each book on
> purpose and I had missed some.
>
> Happy New Year to all,
> Alan
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg and Val Clancy
> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 6:36 AM
> To: Denise Goodfellow ; Peter Madvig ;
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] The Birdwatcher
>
> Although I admire the writings of Bryce Courtenay, but don't usually read
> fiction, I was very disappointed when he perpetuated the myth that if you
> kill a Brown Snake its mate will come after you. I think it was in the
> book/film 'Jessica' if I am not mistaken.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Greg
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denise Goodfellow
> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 11:49 PM
> To: Peter Madvig ;
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] The Birdwatcher
>
> Oh my gosh, it's gone feral! This sounds like a case of both sloppy writing
> and editing. And it's not as if the expertise is hard to find. Bryce
> Courtenay, for example, went to some lengths to seek out such expertise.
>
> Perhaps someone would like to write a review.
>
> Denise
>
>
> On 28/12/13 10:00 PM, "Peter Madvig" <> wrote:
>
>> Hi Denise,
>> In my stocking too!!!
>> Hachette Australia. ISBN 978-0-7336-3028-6
>>
>> Regards,
>> Peter
>>
>>
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