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Moonlite

The Tragic Love Story of Captain Moonlite and the Bloody End of the Bushrangers

by Garry Linnell

Narrator Ryan Corr

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Length 9 hours 38 minutes

Language English

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Read by Ryan Corr, acclaimed for his roles in Holding the Man and HBO's House of Dragon.

Immerse yourself in the captivating, true story of a unique bushranger's life, perfect for history enthusiasts and true crime fans.

From Walkley Award-winning writer Gary Linnell comes the true and epic story of George Scott, an Irish-born preacher who becomes, along with Ned Kelly, one of the nation's most notorious and celebrated criminals.

A Cast of Unforgettable Characters.
A gay bushranger with a love of poetry and guns.
A grotesque hangman with a passion for flowers and gardening.
A broken young man desperate for love and respect.
These men - two of them lovers - are about to bring the era of Australia's outlaws to a torrid and bloody climax.

From Privilege to Notoriety
Charismatic, intelligent, and handsome, George Scott was born into a privileged life in famine-wracked Ireland. His family lost its fortune and fled to New Zealand. There, Scott joins the local militia and after recovering from gunshot wounds, sails to Australia.

The Birth of Captain Moonlite
One night he dons a mask in a small country town, arms himself with a gun and, dubbing himself Captain Moonlite, brazenly robs a bank before staging one of the country's most audacious jailbreaks.

After falling in love with fellow prisoner James Nesbitt, a boyish petty criminal desperately searching for a father figure, Scott finds himself unable to shrug off his criminal past. Pursued and harassed by the police, he stages a dramatic siege and prepares for a final showdown with the law - and a macabre executioner without a nose.

A Window Into Australia's Past
Told at a cracking pace, and based on many of the extensive letters Scott wrote from his death cell, Moonlite is set amid the violent and sexually-repressed era of Australia in the second half of the 19th century.

'Linnell's vibrant, lyrical retelling of Scott's remarkable life reads like a colourful novel' Daily Telegraph

History Nonfiction

Garry Linnell (Author)
Garry Linnell is one of Australia's most experienced journalists. Born and raised in Geelong, he has won several awards for his writing, including a Walkley for best feature writing. He has been editor-in-chief of The Bulletin, editor of The Daily Telegraph, director of news and current affairs for the Nine Network and editorial director of Fairfax. He spent four years as co-host of the Breakfast Show on 2UE and is also the author of four previous books - 'Football Ltd: The inside story of the AFL'; 'Raelene: sometimes beaten, never conquered'; 'Playing God: The rise and fall of Gary Ablett' and the bestselling 'Buckley's Chance'.

Ryan Corr (Reader)
With several main cast TV credits to his name as a teenager, Ryan Corr went on to study at NIDA. He later booked Love Child, Underbelly: The Golden Mile, Tangle, Redfern Now, The Moodys and Packed to the Rafters.

Ryan made his professional stage debut in Sex with Strangers for the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) and was reunited with the company in 2015 for its production of Arcadia.

Ryan's most recent feature film work includes Stephen Johnson's 1930s action-thriller High Ground (2020), Below (2020), opposite Anthony LaPaglia; and Mary Magdalene (2018). For his work in Bruce Beresford's Ladies in Black (2018), Ryan received a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 2019 Australian Film Critics Awards. He was nominated for a 2018 AACTA Award for his lead role in 1% (renamed Outlaws) (2017). His portrayal of Tim Conigrave in Neil Armfield's adaptation of Holding the Man earned him nominations for Best Actor at the 2016 AACTA Awards and Australia's Film Critics' Circle Awards. Previous film credits include Hacksaw Ridge (2016), The Water Diviner (2014), Ali's Wedding (2016) and A Few Less Men (2017).

Recent television work includes Wakefield (ABC/Jungle Entertainment), The Commons (Stan Australia), The Secrets She Keeps (Channel Ten/Lingo Pictures), Hungry Ghosts (SBS/Matchbox Pictures) and the award-winning first season of Bloom (Stan Australia).

Ryan was honoured to be named the GQ Breakthrough Actor of 2015. He has been the recipient of the Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship and the IF Out of the Box award.