Leading Men (Graeme Lay, Thom Conroy)

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Jul 7, 2015Arts

Graeme Lay and Thom Conroy have written about two figures in New Zealand’s colonial past: Captain James Cook, the inspiration for Lay’s recently completed fictional trilogy; and Ernst Dieffenbach, the free-spirited Germa...

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