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Banks, the new biography of Joseph Banks by Grantlee Kieza reviewed

16 January 2021

9:00 AM

16 January 2021

9:00 AM

One of the most eligible bachelors in England, he was strong, handsome, well-educated, adventurous and a fabulously rich young man. That was Joseph Banks at twenty-three. He is the subject of a new biography: Banks by Australian author, Grantlee Kieza. Descended from wealthy English landholders and politicians, Banks inherited land and houses when his father died at 42 and he was 18; he came into his fortune on reaching 21 in 1764.

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