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"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

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Thomas Keneally, (born October 7, 1935, Sydney, Australia), Australian writer best known for his historical novels. Keneally's characters are gripped by their historical and personal past, and decent individuals are portrayed at odds with systems of authority.

At age 17 Keneally entered a Roman Catholic seminary, but he left before ordination; the experience influenced his early fiction, including The Place at Whitton (1964) and Three Cheers for the Paraclete (1968). His reputation as a historical novelist was established with Bring Larks and Heroes (1967), about Australia's early years as an English penal colony. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972; film 1980) won Keneally international acclaim; it is based on the actual story of a half-caste Aboriginal who rebels against white racism by going on a murder spree. The Great Shame (1998), a work inspired by his own ancestry, details 80 years of Irish history from the perspective of Irish convicts sent to Australia in the 19th century.

Although Australia figures prominently in much of Keneally's work, his range is broad. His well-received Gossip from the Forest (1975) examines the World War I armistice through the eyes of a thoughtful, humane German negotiator. He is also praised for his treatment of the American Civil War in Confederates (1979). His later fiction includes A Family Madness (1985), To Asmara (1989), Flying Hero Class (1991), Woman of the Inner Sea (1992), Jacko (1993), Homebush Boy (1995), Bettany's Book (2000), The Tyrant's Novel (2003), The Widow and Her Hero (2007), and The Daughters of Mars (2012).

Keneally's best-known work, Schindler's Ark (1982; also published as Schindler's List; film 1993), tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than 1,300 Jews from the Nazis. Like many of Keneally's protagonists, Schindler is a rather ordinary man who acts in accord with his conscience despite the evil around him. The book won him the Man Booker Prize and he also worked with Steven Spielberg on the original drafts of the Schindler's List screenplay which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Adapated Screenplay. He was shortlisted on three further occasions for the Man Booker prize

Won the 1982 Booker Prize for his novel &#39;Schindler&#39;s Ark&#39;.

Book: &quot;American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles.&quot;

Book: &quot;Searching for Schindler&#39;s List: A Memoir,&quot; Published by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, New York City, NY, 2008, ISBN0-385-52617-2.

(September 3 to October 29, 1989) His novel, &quot;The Playmaker was the basis for Timberlake Wertenbaker&#39;s play, &quot;Our Country&#39;s Good,&quot; in an American premiere at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California with Caitlin Clarke in the cast. Max Stafford-Clark and Les Waters were directors.

(1984-1985 season) Irvin S. Bauer and his play, &quot;Bullie&#39;s House,&quot; was performed in an American premiere at the Long Wharf Theatre (Stage II) in New Haven, Connecticut. Kenneth Frankel was director. Marjorie B. Kellogg was set designer. Jennifer Von Mayrhauser was costume designer. Judy Rasmuson was lighting designer.

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