No Ordinary Man The Extraordinary Life and Times of Dr Arthur Purchas

Arthur Purchas was said to be perhaps the most gifted person ever to come to this country. Surgeon and doctor, architect, engineer, geologist, explorer, musician, botanist, artist, priest, inventor; in his time he was one of our most prominent citizens. The Purchas story of exceptional achievement, tragedy and adventure, has remained largely untold ¿ until now.