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6 y separately published work icon Whispers of Heaven Candice E. Proctor , New York (City) : Ivy Books , 2001 Z1357439 2001 single work novel romance historical fiction Returning home to the coast of Tasmania after years of schooling in England, Jesmond Corbett is determined to conform to her family's expectations and marry the wealthy neighbor she's been betrothed to since childhood. But nothing prepares her for Irishman Lucas Gallagher, whose searing eyes haunt her dreams and awakens passions she never knew existed.(Libraries Australia record)
9 y separately published work icon Night in Eden Candice E. Proctor , New York (City) : Ballantine Books , 1997 Z245159 1997 single work novel historical fiction romance 'Bryony Wentworth's life is shattered when she is convicted of manslaughter and transported to New South Wales in 1808. Sentenced to indentured servitude, she is given to Hayden St. John. A hard, embittered man left with an infant son by the death of his gentle wife, Hayden has little but contempt for the muddy, vermin-ridden convict on whom he must rely. But Bryony is a survivor. As they journey through the outback to Hayden's rugged station, Bryony rediscovers her own strength even as Hayden finds his salvation and rebirth in a love as forbidden and dangerous as the land that surrounds them.' Source: http://csharris.net/historical.php (Sighted 09/04/2008).
5 y separately published work icon September Moon Candice E. Proctor , New York (City) : Ballantine Books , 1999 Z871702 1999 single work novel historical fiction romance 'The Englishwoman... Accepting a job as governess in the wilds of the Australian Outback is the only way Amanda Davenport can earn passage home to her beloved England and away from this rugged, frightening place she hates. Despite her fears, Amanda finds herself gradually drawn to this wild, primitive land as she rediscovers the joys of laughter and love and the irresistible passions of the heart. The Australian... As he struggles to bring up three irrepressible, motherless children on an isolated station plagued by all the dangers of South Australia in 1865, the last thing Patrick O'Reilly wants is a prudish spinster complicating his life. But it's not too long before he begins to suspect that Miss Davenport is not exactly what she seems.' Source: http://csharris.net/historical.php (Sighted 09/04/2008).
11 1 y separately published work icon The Calusari : A Novelization Garth Nix , London : HarperCollins Australia , 1997 Z834598 1997 single work novel young adult First Charlie's little brother is killed by an oncoming train. Then his father dies in a bizarre accident. Both times, Charlie is present - watching. Is it just an eerie coincidence? Mulder and Scully don't think so. Neither does Charlie's grandmother. Believing that Charlie caused the horrors, she calls in the Calusari to cleanse his soul. But is Charlie truly evil? Or is there an even darker force at hand?
(Source: Goodreads website)
2 28 y separately published work icon Gossip from the Forest Thomas Keneally , London Sydney : Collins , 1975 Z559053 1975 single work novel historical fiction

'In 1918 at Compiègne, France, a group of intractable men negotiate to forge the armistice ending World War I. The Allies press for total submission; the Germans angle for compromise. So they talk on and on, while the guns roar and men die.'

(Source: Amazon.com)
2 26 y separately published work icon Blood Red, Sister Rose Thomas Keneally , London Sydney : Collins , 1974 Z559163 1974 single work novel historical fiction 'Blood Red, Sister Rose is the story of Joan of Arc - Jehannette - a story that has often been told but perhaps never with such immediacy and drama. It is based upon much study of the hard facts of history: dates, places, births, battles, violent deaths. But in the interpretation that bridges these facts we see a Joan we have never met before: a tough radical, an instinctive soldier in the manner of Lawrence of Arabia, a nagging prophet, a vulnerable girl...Thomas Keneally has captured with astonishing vividness the taste, the smell, the texture of the fifteenth century.' (Source: dustjacket, 1974 Collins edition)
7 24 y separately published work icon Woman of the Inner Sea Thomas Keneally , London Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1992 Z270252 1992 single work novel Woman of the Inner Sea is Thomas Keneally's strongest, most compelling work since his Booker Prize-winning Schindler's Ark. Like that book, the story of Woman of the Inner Sea arises from a true incident, and once more the imagining of it is utterly convincing. Kate Gaffney-Kozinski, an attractive, well educated woman, has gone on 'walkabout' to the inner reaches of the Australian outback. Fleeing her wealthy husband, Paul Kozinski, and his unscrupulous clan, Kate is trying to obliterate herself and the grief that haunts her. At first we do not understand its source, but as the story unfolds a kind of mystery evolves around the tragic loss of her two children. In a small town she tries to change herself into a different woman, seeking the companionship and protection of a reticent but rough local man, an explosives expert known as Jelly. But the violence of the west country's unpredictable weather forces her to move on and soon she must confront her husband. No one knows Australian society better than Thomas Keneally, who offers here a rich cross-section of his people: from Kate's prominent father to her controversial uncle, a renegade priest; from the grasping Kozinskis who rule Sydney's construction business to colourful small-town men like Jelly and his friend Gus, who travels with a kangaroo and emu he has rescued from an entertainment park. And at the centre of this panorama stands Kate, a passionate woman of great integrity caught in a nightmare of grief and deception. Woman of the Inner Sea, with its evocation of the heroic in the midst of disaster and evil, will be remembered as one of Thomas Keneally's best works. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
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