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At the Hem of the Empire

How a colonial woman struggled to leave her mark

by Tilley Baxter ...

When William John Smith unexpectedly proposes to eighteen year old Ann Neilson, she imagines a future as a prosperous colonist's wife in the convict free settlement of South Australia. She finds herself instead at Kororareka in New Zealand's Bay of Islands, a place widely known as the Hell Hole of the South Pacific. With her eldest at death's door, and the family losing everything in the first ... Read more

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When William John Smith unexpectedly proposes to eighteen year old Ann Neilson, she imagines a future as a prosperous colonist's wife in the convict free settlement of South Australia. She finds herself instead at Kororareka in New Zealand's Bay of Islands, a place widely known as the Hell Hole of the South Pacific. With her eldest at death's door, and the family losing everything in the first
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Bearbrass

Imagining Early Melbourne

by Robyn Annear ...

Just a little way down Collins Street, beside Henry Buck's, is a perpetually dark but sheltered laneway called Equitable Place. Here you'll find a number of places to eat and drink. Settle yourself in the window of one, shut your eyes, and picture this scene of yore ...In this much-loved book, Robyn Annear resurrects the village that was early Melbourne – from the arrival of white settlers in 1835 ... Read more

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Just a little way down Collins Street, beside Henry Buck's, is a perpetually dark but sheltered laneway called Equitable Place. Here you'll find a number of places to eat and drink. Settle yourself in the window of one, shut your eyes, and picture this scene of yore ...In this much-loved book, Robyn Annear resurrects the village that was early Melbourne – from the arrival of white settlers in 1835
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The Pain Of Privilege

A Poor Man at the Gate Series, #4

by Andrew Wareham ...

Series Book 4 - A Poor Man at the Gate Series
Tom and Lady Verity intend to place their dynasty in a position of economic, social and political leadership in England. Captain Matthew Star returns to England and makes a love match with their daughter, Charlotte, much to her mother’s displeasure. There is social unrest in the country and riots become commonplace. The problem of unemployment in and around Tom’s estate is solved by encouraging a ... Read more

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Tom and Lady Verity intend to place their dynasty in a position of economic, social and political leadership in England. Captain Matthew Star returns to England and makes a love match with their daughter, Charlotte, much to her mother’s displeasure. There is social unrest in the country and riots become commonplace. The problem of unemployment in and around Tom’s estate is solved by encouraging a
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The Settlers

by Vivian Stuart ...

Series Book 3 - The Australians
A RAW LAND DRENCHED IN BLOOD, PASSION, AND DREAMS... The third book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams. England sends convicts to Australia, but among them, there are hard-working men and women who wish to create a new life for themselves. The same desire is shared by those who are free — but it will be a ... Read more

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A RAW LAND DRENCHED IN BLOOD, PASSION, AND DREAMS... The third book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams. England sends convicts to Australia, but among them, there are hard-working men and women who wish to create a new life for themselves. The same desire is shared by those who are free — but it will be a
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The Old Order

A Poor Man at the Gate Series, #7

by Andrew Wareham ...

Series Book 7 - A Poor Man at the Gate Series
Tom becomes involved in the sordid suicide of Lord Castlereagh, the Foreign Secretary, and plays a major part in the cover up, earning much political gratitude for the whole family. Meanwhile, James marries well and begins to lay the foundations of a political career. The hunt for Tom’s attacker, Godby Fletcher, leads to America. Joseph, busy with his inventions, faces tragedy which may be too ... Read more

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Tom becomes involved in the sordid suicide of Lord Castlereagh, the Foreign Secretary, and plays a major part in the cover up, earning much political gratitude for the whole family. Meanwhile, James marries well and begins to lay the foundations of a political career. The hunt for Tom’s attacker, Godby Fletcher, leads to America. Joseph, busy with his inventions, faces tragedy which may be too
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The Newcomers

by Vivian Stuart ...

Series Book 4 - The Australians
The fourth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams. The battle continues in the new British colony of Australia: the fight for power as well as survival. The corrupt military officers are doing everything they can to gain legal and political power, while the governor is finding it difficult to carry out his duties ... Read more

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The fourth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams. The battle continues in the new British colony of Australia: the fight for power as well as survival. The corrupt military officers are doing everything they can to gain legal and political power, while the governor is finding it difficult to carry out his duties
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Sacred Hunger (Booker Prize Winner)

by Barry Unsworth ...

Winner of the Booker PrizeA historical novel set in the eighteenth century, Sacred Hunger is a stunning, engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed in the British Empire as it entered fully into the slave trade and spread it throughout its colonies. Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a ... Read more

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Winner of the Booker PrizeA historical novel set in the eighteenth century, Sacred Hunger is a stunning, engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed in the British Empire as it entered fully into the slave trade and spread it throughout its colonies. Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a
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The Traitors

by Vivian Stuart ...

Series Book 5 - The Australians
IN THE MIDST OF BLOODSHED AND REBELLION A NEW GENERATION STRUGGLED TO BE BORN...The fifth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams.In the British colony of Australia, the obstacles are challenging and never-ending. The new governor, Bligh — better known for his command on the Bounty and the mutiny against him — has ... Read more

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IN THE MIDST OF BLOODSHED AND REBELLION A NEW GENERATION STRUGGLED TO BE BORN...The fifth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams.In the British colony of Australia, the obstacles are challenging and never-ending. The new governor, Bligh — better known for his command on the Bounty and the mutiny against him — has
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Flash for Freedom!

by George MacDonald Fraser ...

Series series Flashman
A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume III of the "Flashman Papers". When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious choice about his own future - would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was ... Read more

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A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume III of the "Flashman Papers". When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious choice about his own future - would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was
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The Rebels

by Vivian Stuart ...

Series Book 6 - The Australians
The sixth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams.Twenty thousand kilometres and four months of sailing are what stands between England and the colony of Australia.In his struggles to bring order in the colony, and to protect its settlers from abuse of power, and injustice, Governor Bligh is up against some ... Read more

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The sixth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams.Twenty thousand kilometres and four months of sailing are what stands between England and the colony of Australia.In his struggles to bring order in the colony, and to protect its settlers from abuse of power, and injustice, Governor Bligh is up against some
... Read more

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Song of the Earth

The Mortymer Trilogy Book Three

by Alexander Cordell ...

Series Book 3 - The Mortymer Trilogy
Mostyn Evan and his family, miners turned bargees, wage a gloriousbut hopeless struggle against rapacious coalmasters, Irish navvies,the ravages of cholera, and the bullying illegal Unions.As they ply their trade between the furnaces of Cyfarthfa and the lushbeauty of the Neath Valley, they pray and fight, sing and love, and faceeach obstacle undaunted with all the stubbornness and exuberanceof ... Read more

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Mostyn Evan and his family, miners turned bargees, wage a gloriousbut hopeless struggle against rapacious coalmasters, Irish navvies,the ravages of cholera, and the bullying illegal Unions.As they ply their trade between the furnaces of Cyfarthfa and the lushbeauty of the Neath Valley, they pray and fight, sing and love, and faceeach obstacle undaunted with all the stubbornness and exuberanceof
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Nothing Left to Fear from Hell

Darkland Tales

by Alan Warner ...

A battle lost. A daring escape. A long walk into obscurity. The ultimate failure… In the aftermath of the disastrous Battle of Culloden, a lonely figure takes flight with a small band of companions through the islands and mountains of the Hebrides. His name is Charles Edward Stuart: better known today as Bonnie Prince Charlie. He had come to the country to take the throne. Now he is leaving in ... Read more

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A battle lost. A daring escape. A long walk into obscurity. The ultimate failure… In the aftermath of the disastrous Battle of Culloden, a lonely figure takes flight with a small band of companions through the islands and mountains of the Hebrides. His name is Charles Edward Stuart: better known today as Bonnie Prince Charlie. He had come to the country to take the throne. Now he is leaving in
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