As the world dwindles in scope for those who love to go to dangerous places, there is still the one frontier left to continue to explore, a place that is as mysterious now as it has always been, a place though settled over the last 50 years is still challenging,...
Congratulations must go to the author on her first novel. It is a wonderful read. It tells the story of her family life set in the dramatic period (1958) in India after the withdrawal of the British. The descriptive writing is engrossing, while the humour and family...
The author of this story is a curator at Hampton Court, looking after the building and collections. For a long time, there had been a story about a ghost who ran screaming down the hall, with the ghost resembling Katherine Howard. Lucy Worsley came to realise that...
This Chinese Historical Fiction tale is wonderfully encapsulated by language that immediately brings the reader into the time, place and mind of the main character Mei. The author has written this as the first volume of a duology, “The Empress of Bright Moon.” Weina...
Leah Fleming has written a narrative saga that follows the fortunes of several families over generations, also delving into the pearling industry in Scotland and America. Fresh water pearling was carried out in the fast flowing rivers of Scotland, where mussel shells...
Much has been written about the Port Arthur massacre, the news of which stopped the nation. Most Australians remember where they were when they heard about this tragedy. Some would say that the change to the gun laws in conjunction with ‘gun buy back’ in the wake of...
With sparing use of words Patrick Holland has portrayed the final months of the last two bushrangers in Australia, the Kenniff brothers, Patrick and James and the policeman, Nixon, responsible for their capture. The words are poignant in that they raise the issue over...
In this wonderful peek back through time Roslyn Russell has presented the many little daily intrigues of life on-board often a sailing ship and latterly a steam ship travelling to Australia, when the journey could take as long as six or more months or as little as 57...
Witches and Wizards are bought into the modern world with a series of tales, not tall but true, about mysterious and magickal beings who were once considered a normal, it not very necessary component of everyday life. They were considered essential to wellbeing of the...
Just the title alone makes you want to pick-up this book and investigate further. Eat your history indeed! But the subject matter turns out to be as fascinating, interesting and informative as the title and along the way places the culinary delights you take for...
Houses were not always numbered which may surprise some, but were recognised in various areas by differing methods; Some were located by the glass patterning over doorways, others by the name of the owner or house. Countries far and wide have, and still have, in many...
Opening this book at the very beginning, you know you are in for a real treat as the introductory artwork on the inside cover is distinctive and glorious, setting the scene for what is to come. While this may, in some people minds, be a work of some serious nature, it...
