Travel back to 1924 and experience the early days of group settlement in Northcliffe with Maggie Spencer, sharing her joys and sorrows.
Historical Fiction
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Author:JACOBS, AnnaSummary: - Author:MCCULLOUGH, ColleenSummary:
Continues the saga of the ancient Roman Republic begun in "The first man in Rome" and following the brilliant but corrupt General Sulla as he attempts to gain the Consulate of Rome.
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Author:PARKER, Una-MarySummary:Mr and Mrs Henry Granville are preparing to launch their daughters on to the London social scene with an extravagant coming-out ball. The sister's deep jealousy of one another leads to fights between the two, a number of scandals...
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Author:PARKER, Una-MarySummary:When the Second World War is declared, rich banker Henry Granville moves his family away from London. Even so, life for them remains turbulent.
- Author:STUART, VivianSummary:
The continuing saga of Australian history - the drama, greed, lust and brutality of the goldfields is vividly portrayed. Book 7 of the series "The Australians".
- Author:PETERS, ElizabethSummary:
An Egyptian murder-mystery featuring Amelia Peabody.
- Author:JINKS, CatherineSummary:
In 1814, Dorothea Brande leaves her quiet Devonshire home and accompanies her officer husband, Charles, to the colony of New South Wales. To escape the harshness and brutality of existence, and with help from her manservant she develops...
- Author:Richardson, Henry HandelSummary:
Contents: Australia Felix - The way home - Ultima Thule.
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Author:Galsworthy, JohnSummary:The three novels that make up this trilogy have long been recognized as masterpieces of 20th-century literature, and Galsworthy as one of its leading exponents. But don't let that be the reason you put off listening to this wonderful...
- Author:MCCULLOUGH, ColleenSummary:
First of a series about the Roman Republic, centering on the figure of Gaius Marius, an upstart from the conquered Roman colonies, who marries Julius Caesar's aunt, thus becoming a noble and working his way into the political...
- Author:GREGORY, PhilippaSummary:
Sequel to "Wideacre", this historical novel continues the fortunes of the Lacey family. Sensual, gripping and at times mystical, this book sweeps the reader irresistibly into the England of the 1790's and a revolutionary...
- Author:DARCY, EmmaSummary:
Bethany fell foul of Bayrar's ruler, the autocratic Prince Zakr, almost as soon as her plane landed. She had come to the desert to find her missing father, and Prince Zakr couldn't stop her; either by giving her orders or by...
- Author:LONG, William StuartSummary:
For over 20 years the Blue Mountains have hemmed the settlers into a narrow strip of coastline too restrictive for their needs and numbers. But Jenny Taggart, now married, still retains her dreams of fertile plains and pastures. Sequel...
- Author:Ondaatje, MichaelSummary:
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse; the maimed thief,...
- Author:SHAW, PatriciaSummary:
As soon as Hans-Albert Ritter arrives in Bundaberg to take on his role as pastor for a settlement of German emigrants, it's not long before trouble starts brewing in the community.
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Author:Houser, John C.Summary:It’s 1919, and Frank Huddleston has survived the battlefields of the Great War. A serious head injury has left him with amnesia so profound he must re-learn his name every morning from a note posted on the privy door. Gerald “Jersey"...
- Author:SIMMS, MariaSummary:
Set in Sydney in the nineteenth century, when Henry Parkes asked Florence Nightingale for trained nurses to reform the previously turgid and oppressive hospital system in the fledgling colony. Electra Flynn faces murder, exploitation...
- Author:Stewart, MarySummary:
Mythical story of early Britain told by Merlin the magician, and of this life up to the birth of King Arthur.
- Author:STUART, VivianSummary:
A continuing history of Australia told in novelised form. The events are authentic - a reading 'must'. Book 6 of the series "The Australians".
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Author:BURGH, AnitaSummary:Winter, 1901. The ancient facade of Cresswell Manor surveys a vast and rich estate - but the land has fallen into decay. When Stanislas von Ehrlich, a self-made man of fortune, moves into the neighbourhood, the natural order of things...
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