Showing posts with label Australian Colonial History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australian Colonial History. Show all posts
Thursday, April 18, 2019

BOOK REVIEW: Napoleon's Australia: The Incredible Story of Bonaparte's Secret Plan to Invade Australia by Terry Smyth

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Synopsis (From the back cover) In the northern winter of 1814, a French armada set sail for New South Wales. The Armada’s mission was th...
Monday, July 16, 2018

BOOK REVIEW/BLOG TOUR: A Hangman for Ghosts by Andrei Baltakmens

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Publication Date: July 1, 2018 Top Five Books Paperback & eBook; 288 Pages Genre: Historical Mystery Synopsis “We are transported...
Sunday, June 03, 2018

Book Review: The Power Game by Meg and Tom Keneally

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The Power Game is the third book in the crime series set in Colonial Australia by daughter and father team, Meg and Tom Kenneally. Syno...
Sunday, October 01, 2017

Book Review: Perseverance: Book Two of the Garth Trilogy by L.F.McDermott

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Perseverance continues the story of two convict families, the Garths and their friends, the Belletts, which began in Of Angels and Eagles...
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Monday, September 25, 2017

Book Review: Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar

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Lucy Treloar’s debut novel is a wonderful exploration of colonial life, set in the ruggedly beautiful coastal region of the Coorong, South...
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Monday, September 04, 2017

Book Review: The Unmourned by Meg and Tom Keneally

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The Unmourned is the second book in the crime series set in colonial Australia from daughter and father team, Meg and Tom Keneally. I enj...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Book Review: Land of Golden Wattle by J.H. Fletcher

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J.H. Fletcher's latest release is the story of Derwent, an agricultural empire in Tasmania, Australia, and the women that eventually tak...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Book Review: Wild Island by Jennifer Livett

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Wild Island, influenced by Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea , asks the reader to forget the outcome o...
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Saturday, November 14, 2015

Book Review: The Governor's House by J.H. Fletcher

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J.H. Fletcher is an author I've not read before and I looked forward to reading The Governor's House a dual time frame narrativ...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Book Review: South of Darkness by John Marsden

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I've not read any of John Marsden's young adult fiction so didn't know what to expect from his first novel for adults. What gr...