This is the most detailed historic biography I’ve ever read. Margaret Wigley did an amazing job at her research both in New Zealand as well as in Australia.

I chose to read the book because I hoped to learn more about what is was like to farm in Cheviot district but unfortunately I never got there. I stopped irrregularly reading the book after 3 library renewals because I didn’t want to risk any further fines and lost enthusiasm about the contents.

Clearly though, Mr. Robinson was a man of ambitious vision, with an unequalled ability to make things happen for his time and age.