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19 33 y separately published work icon The Shoes of the Fisherman Morris West , London : Heinemann , 1963 Z529081 1963 single work novel

'The profound story of a cardinal who steps out from the Iron Curtain to become Pope amid the machinations of Cold War politics—the first title in the Vatican Trilogy.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).
13 2 y separately published work icon Sara Dane Catherine Gaskin , London : Collins , 1954 Z113793 1954 single work novel historical fiction

'Here is an unforgettable woman. A woman as strong and as beautiful as the raw new country she helps to carve from the wilderness. A woman of fierce pride, yet gently devoted to her children, and possessed with an undying vision about the future of her land, Sara Dane epitomizes the heart of her untamed country - Australia.

'Set in the colorful days of the late Eighteenth and the early Nineteenth Centuries, Sara Dane unfolds the history of New South Wales, from its beginnings as a penal colony to the day when it could lift its head in contentment and peace.

'From the day in 1792 when young Sara, savagely sentenced in England to transportation on a trumped-up charge, came ashore at Botany Bay, until the day she returns triumphantly wealthy and prominent to her native London, her story rings with the fire of a great passion.

'Sara's story is also the story of the men who loved her - Richard Barwell, her childhood love who possessiveness followed her thousands of miles; Andrew Maclay, whose strength and cunning combined with hers to produce an empire; Jeremy Hogan, the Irish rebel, whose presence meant security as Sara faced the crises of convict outbreaks, giant floods, and armed rebellion with resolution. And then there was Louis de Bourget, the mysterious French emigre' whose love for her beauty and order brought a peace to Sara's life she had thought impossible.

'But throughout her life, Sara held to her own personality tenaciously. All of Sydney knew her as a shrewd business-woman, magnificent, unconventional - but above all, a woman. ' (Publication summary)
4 1 y separately published work icon The Tilsit Inheritance Catherine Gaskin , London : Collins , 1963 Z144330 1963 single work novel
9 y separately published work icon A Falcon for a Queen Catherine Gaskin , Garden City : Doubleday , 1972 Z1104418 1972 single work novel mystery Kirsty Howard returns to Scotland after the death of her parents. Living with her grandfather, she soon becomes involved with her new neighbours, and begins to perceive the real threat to the life she might easily inherit. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
13 1 y separately published work icon The Big Story Morris West , London Melbourne : Heinemann , 1957 Z528257 1957 single work novel

'Richard Ashley is a journalist who cares about the truth, and he's about to break the greatest story of his career.

'Italy's ruling clique is rotten to the core. A scandal centred around Vittorio, Duke of Orgagna, points to a web of corruption and deceit emanating from his estate in the south.

'But Ashley finds that the truth is not all it seems when he falls in love with Orgagna's wife. Everything is more complicated, more passionate, than before—and tainted by death. Suddenly Ashley's greatest story threatens to be his last.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).
6 y separately published work icon Edge of Glass Catherine Gaskin , London : Collins , 1967 Z1049086 1967 single work novel
8 y separately published work icon The File on Devlin Catherine Gaskin , London : Collins , 1965 Z1049083 1965 single work novel When a Nobel Prize-winning author vanishes while travelling near the Russian border his daughter finds herself entrusted with the unfinished book he was working on before his trip. She subsequently become embroiled in a power struggle over the material with her estranged stepmother. Suspiciously befriended by a journalist in the midst of the crisis, the daughter ultimately learns that no one is to be trusted - as her father's work is of interest to the intelligence departments of several countries.
8 y separately published work icon Fiona Catherine Gaskin , London : Collins , 1970 Z1050419 1970 single work novel
14 12 y separately published work icon Daughter of Silence Morris West , 1961 London : Heinemann , 1961 Z528871 1961 single work novel crime

'At high noon on a hot summers day, a beautiful young woman shoots the mayor dead.

'So begins a story of passion and betrayal in a Quiet Tuscan village, leading to a sensational trial. The defence team, headed by the brilliant but unhappy Carlo Rienzi, uncovers a sinister conspiracy of silence that threatens to split the community.

'Can Carlo persuade the judge to grant clemency in what appears to be an open-and-shut case? Can the law intervene in the brutal tradition of vendetta?'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).
5 y separately published work icon Blake's Reach Catherine Gaskin , London : Collins , 1958 Z1049078 1958 single work novel historical fiction

'The house on the marshes...

Born illegitimate, Jane Howard inherits nothing but the fiery hair and indomitable spirit of her mother's family, the Blakes. Yet when exquisite, extravagant Anne Blake dies, it is Jane who disposes of the debt-ridden London household.

She goes to Blake's Reach, the ancient marsh fastness of the Blakes, where the smugglers who prowl the marshes befriend her.

Then Charles Blake returns, an aristocrat fleeing the French Rebolution, and lays claim to Blake's Reach...' (Publisher's blurb)
6 1 y separately published work icon The Great Escape Paul Brickhill , London : Faber , 1951 Z809061 1951 single work biography war literature
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