"Swedish" fire torches have been around for a good long while, ideal in many situations... particularly on snow or light wind conditions. That particular one burned for a solid 3 hours prior to collapse and reverting to a "normal" fire.
The best bet is wet or fresh fallen wood for a long burn.
Cut 7 or 8 2.5' to 4.5' lengths and one shorter piece (8" to 12") for the middle. It's easier with 2 people, one to hold all the lengths in a circle around the shorter center log and one to tie it together with paracord.
The trick is to build it in the fire pit, tie it then place rocks around it to hold it together, this also helps protect the paracord from burning and premature collapse (I hate it when that happens).
You then simply use some tender and start a fire in the middle (earlier pics show my buddy Karl applying petroleum jelly soaked cotton balls that burn plenty long to start almost any fire "AKA Karl's magic flaming balls"). Then just add small bits of wood to keep it going.
These things create their own chimney and radiate heat like crazy!
Tall ones chug like a steam locomotive when they are first lit, pretty entertaining.
Here's a smaller version from a couple years back:
