![]() ![]() The unremarkable grave of Patrick Brady does little to reflect his life as an expert forger, or his close links to the Coogee Shark Arm Murders of 1935 which gripped the country and remain unsolved today.Īlso featuring detailed reflections on more well-known Australians such as Juanita Nielsen, Dorothea Mackellar and Arthur Stace, the book paints an incredible picture of Sydney’s past.The sole survivor, James Johnson was found two days later, clinging to the rock ledges of The Gap amidst the debris of body parts in the sea below. The story of the tragic deaths of all but one of the 122 passengers of the Dunbar, which crashed and sank as it pulled into Sydney Heads, right at the end of its long journey from London.He failed, but was nonetheless executed with indecent haste, despite the fact he had long been suffering from a mental breakdown. The story of Henry O’Farrell, our first would-be assassin – who in 1868 had tried to kill Queen Victoria’s son.Using gravestones as their starting points they have meticulously researched a curated selection of headstones to uncover the secrets of the past. Thoroughly researched by journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams, these stories re-create the lives of those whose graves are featured. Join them for a walk through some of Sydney’s oldest cemeteries to get an insight into the incredible lives of relatively unknown Australians. In the third book in the exciting Grave Tales series, journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams unearth Sydney’s interesting tales. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Where A Short History of Nearly Everything was a sweeping panorama of the world, the universe and everything, At Home peers at private life through a microscope. And he discovered that there is a huge amount of history, interest and excitement - and even a little danger - lurking in the corners of every home. Along the way, he researched the history of anything and everything, from architecture to electricity, from food preservation to epidemics, from the spice trade to the Eiffel Tower, from crinolines to toilets. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, an old rectory in Norfolk, considering how the ordinary things in life came to be. ![]() Here is Bill Bryson’s entertaining and illuminating book about the history of the way we live - complete, unabridged and read by the author.īill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily business. ![]() ![]() More than anything, she needs to save Gean Choo from a love that will destroy them all.Ī destitute maidservant must choose whom to love: her vampire mistress, or the woman trying to save her life in THE WICKED AND THE WILLING, a standalone, F/F steamy historical gothic horror vampire novel with a love triangle, a choice of endings and no cliffhangers. Edevane, Po Lam can no longer excuse a life of bondage and murder. But who is her strange, alluring new mistress? What is she? And what will Gean Choo sacrifice to earn her love?Īfter decades of faithfully serving Mrs. ![]() Edevane makes her an offer Gean Choo can’t refuse. She craves the sweet, salty rush from a young woman’s veins, the heady swirl of desire mixed with fealty-such a rarity in this foreign colony. ![]() Love demands sacrifice: her blood, her body even her life.Īnd not just anyone’s blood. ![]() |