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Soldier's Curse (The Monsarrat Series #1) by Tom & Meg Keneally
32.99 AUD
Category: FICTION | Series: The\Monsarrat Ser.
A fast-paced, witty and gripping historical crime series from Tom Keneally and his eldest daughter Meg. In the Port Macquarie penal settlement for second offenders, at the edge of the known world, gentleman convict Hugh Monsarrat hungers for freedom. Originally transported for forging documents passing ...Show more
The Daughters Of Mars by Tom Keneally
19.99 AUD
Category: FICTION
In the tradition of Atonementand Birdsong, the Durance sisters leave Australia to nurse on the front during WWI and discover a world beyond their imaginings.Shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Prize.Naomi and Sally Durance are daughters of a dairy farmer from the Macleay Valley. Bound together in complic ...Show more
The Daughters Of Mars by Tom Keneally
32.95 AUD
Category: FICTION
In 1915 sisters Naomi and Sally Durance answer a call for nurses to join the war effort. They are escaping the family dairy farm in the Macleay Valley, and they carry a secret with them. Soon they are in Egypt, where they are put to work on the Red Cross hospital ship Archimedes as it patrols the Dardan ...Show more
The Daughters of Mars by Tom Keneally
19.99 AUD
Category: FICTION
In the tradition of Atonement and Birdsong, the Durance sisters leave Australia to nurse on the front during WWI and discover a world beyond their imaginings. Shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Prize. Naomi and Sally Durance are daughters of a dairy farmer from the Macleay Valley. Bound together in comp ...Show more
The Dickens Boy by Tom Keneally
32.99 AUD
Category: FICTION | Reading Level: near fine
In the late 1800s, rather than run the risk of his under-achieving sons tarnishing his reputation at home, Charles Dickens sent two of them to Australia. The tenth child of Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, known as Plorn, had consistently proved unable ‘to apply himself ’ to school or life ...Show more
The People's Train by Tom Keneally
24.95 AUD
Category: BABIES & TODDLERS
Artem Samsurov, a charismatic protege of Lenin and an ardent socialist, reaches sanctuary in Australia after escaping his Siberian labour camp and making a long, perilous journey via Japan. But Brisbane in 1911 turns out not to be quite the workers' paradise he was expecting, or the bickering local Russ ...Show more
The Soldier's Curse: Book One, The Monsarrat Series by Tom Keneally, Meg Keneally
22.99 AUD
Category: CRIME | Series: MONSARRAT SERIES
In the Port Macquarie penal settlement for second offenders, at the edge of the known world, gentleman convict Hugh Monsarrat hungers for freedom. Originally transported for forging documents passing himself off as a lawyer, he is now the trusted clerk of the settlement's commandant. His position has ce ...Show more
Three Famines by Tom Keneally
49.95 AUD
Category: BABIES & TODDLERS
This is the story of three great famines. The first is an Gorta Mor, the great hunger of Ireland, which began in 1846 and whose end-date is a matter of debate. The second is the less well-known but more deadly famine that struck Bengal in 1943. The third is the Ethiopian famine, which first sprung up in ...Show more
Two Old Men Dying by Tom Keneally
32.99 AUD
Category: NEW RELEASE | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
Pre-read / Used. Very Good condition. Learned Man is the child of humankind as we know it; of those who are thought to have travelled from the Rift Valley in Africa and to ancient Australia. Shelby Apple is an acclaimed documentary-maker. After making films about Learned Man?s discovery, in Vietnam ...Show more