Historical Fiction

This book is not about ending capitalism. It is about ending the way it is today - a system that doesn't work for the majority of the people. Capitalism is a mean, unjust and uncivilized system, with no limits to exploitation or violence, as seen by today's imperialist wars and genocides, and they're all increasing. Capitalism only exists because the rich use lies, censorship and gross hypocrisies to keep the people misinformed and deluded by owning all the mainstream media. This is so over

Robert Blayney thought his life was over. But a twist of fate has landed him in Port Phillip clutching his ticket of leave. Now he is left to his own devices to make his way into the interior in the early days of European settlement. Soon the rest of his family join him on his farm. With the exception of his brother who is incarcerated in Van Diemen's Land. As he becomes wealthy and his reputation as a gentleman grows, his desire to hide the secret of his convict past is thwarted by family c

'Magical and evocative' Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock 'Heartachingly poignant' Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong

Hobart Town 1878. A story of the enduring strength of the human spirit. The daughter of convicts, Ellen Thompson is young and unmarried with a six-month-old baby but dreams of marriage and disappearing into the ranks of the respectable. When the past collides with Ellen's dreams, she is forced to confront everything in life a woman fears most.

Set in contemporary England, and in the German-occupied Channel Islands during WW2, this compelling family mystery is based on a true story of death and life.

Can good men live in a bad world? Do bad men turn a good world grim? In the golden age of the American Frontier, during an era of gangs and gunslingers, six companions travel together. Without homes and on the run, they try to survive in unforgiving lands. The Brute, a man who deserves to die but still keeps on living, spends his time hunting and camping alongside lesser fellows. His interactions with these troubled folk keeps old wounds fresh. But there's a dread staining the air. A dre

In 1917, at the tender age of sixteen Matilda Mary Twiss married Sapper James Devine, an Aussie Digger who spent more time AWOL and in detention than carrying out his military duties. Two years later, she arrived on Australian shores as a war bride.

GIOVANNI CASSINI, young Italian astronomer, saw humanity's earliest proofs of what truly is in the heavens. What he observed overturned the fables of the ancients who had tried so hard to explain their stars and planets, and their world. But the new truths were highly dangerous. The Cassini of your history books was seduced from Bologna in his mid-life by a lucrative offer from the France's Sun King. Louis had him head a new Paris Observatory, the world's greatest. Cassini rebranded as

Jilted by her lover, Doretta Osram flees Germany and finds a position with a publishing house in Zurich, Switzerland. She meets Fernando Lopez serendipitously while doing research at the Zentralbibliothek Zurich (Zurich Central Library). Finding happiness at last in the arms of her handsome Chilean lover, she marries Fernando on Valentine's Day of 1963 and gives birth to their first child, Mario, on the Ides of March a month later. However, when Fernando moves his family back to his ancestral h

Home is the sailor, home from the sea... Five years after he's lost off the coast of South America, presumed dead, Captain Robert Nash escapes cruel captivity, and returns to London and the bride he loves, but barely knows. When he stumbles back into the family home, he's appalled to find himself gate-crashing the party celebrating his wife's engagement to another man. This gallant naval officer is ready to take on any challenge; but five years is a long time, and beautiful, passionate Morwen

Not all is what it seems. Home from a successful trading venture to Cuba and St Petersburg, Captain Jane Thorn is now tasked with a coastal trading voyage with a mystery to solve. Just what is the Master of the Osprey up to? Why does the vessel keep disappearing? The drama and intrigue as Jane unravels the truth places her boat, position, and the Thorn family business in jeopardy. Torn between integrity, ethics, and the safety of her crew and loved ones, once again Jane faces an unexpect

It is 1820 and a young, female sea captain sets sail aboard the schooner Destiny bound for the sugar plantations of Cuba and then on to the Baltic for iron. Political intrigue and mystery dog the voyage, and those who underestimate the captain's skill and business acumen do so at their peril.