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The Remarkable Mrs Reibey

By: Grantlee Kieza
Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein
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As a teenage orphan in England in 1791, Mary Reibey was sentenced to death for stealing a horse. When police cornered her, she was dressed as a boy, and she maintained that disguise until she was unmasked at her trial. Due to her 'tender age', Reibey was spared the hangman's noose and sentenced to seven years' transportation to the colony of New South Wales. With the odds stacked against her, Reibey went on to become Australia's first female business tycoon and the richest woman in the colony, founding the Bank of New South Wales (Westpac), now one of the nation's biggest financial institutions.

In this engaging and meticulously researched portrait, the acclaimed author of bestsellers such as Mrs Kelly, Banks, Banjo and Monash, brings to life the woman immortalised on the Australian $20 note.

2024, Indie Book Awards Non Fiction, Short-listed

2024, Queensland Literary Awards People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award, Short-listed

©2023 Grantlee Kieza. Grantlee Kieza asserts their moral right to be identified as the author of this Work. First published in English by HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited in. This audio version produced by arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited. (P)2023 Bolinda Publishing. This audio version produced by arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Business Oceania Professionals & Academics Women in Business Banking
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The story is fantastic but this narrator’s voice was just horrible, grating and lacking in style or emotion…

Dreadful narration

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I knew something about Mary Reibey, and was most interested to hear her remarkable story in much more detail. In fact I have visited her house on the banks of the Hawkesbury - or one of her many houses, it turned out. I have also seen Deidre Rubenstein on stage, and heard her in radio productions in years past. She is a highly competent narrator and tells a story well.

Well-told story of an important Sydney character.

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Living remotely I can’t always get hard copies of books so have been buying audible books. I don’t know what the narrator was trying to do with her odd delivery of this interesting story. It was an ordeal to get to the end, and I had constantly to try to block out the intensely annoying audio to focus on the text. Please do not use this narrator ever again.

Hated the narration. Love Grantley Kieza’s writing.

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The history of our country should be a subject added to school curriculums. I had never heard of Mrs Reibey and yet she is pictured on our currency. The book is a fascinating look at colonial life and how Australia’s First People were driven to retaliation to hold onto their lands and their culture.
The only thing I didn’t like was the narration. I found myself putting the story down from time to time hoping that the next chapter would improve, but sadly that did not happen. It really was a struggle to finish the book.

Loved this book.

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I really enjoyed this book. Well
researched and a fantastic story about an amazing woman who overcame so much. I also disagree with some other reviewers, I enjoyed the narration.

A great read

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