Blogs in January 1970

Tears of the Moon 1st January 1970

Broome, Australia, 1893: It’s the wild and passionate heyday of the pearling industry, and when young English bride Olivia Hennessy meets dashing pearling master Captain Tyndall, their lives are destined to be linked by the mysterious power of the...

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Roll With It 1st January 1970

Real cops don’t wear lycra. At least that’s what Major Crime cop Tony Laver thought, until he became the sixth Victorian policeman to shoot a suspect in four months and was given a punishing reassignment. Now he’s looking at...

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The Lieutenant 1st January 1970

The Lieutenant is the second book in a trilogy of novels by Kate Grenville about early Australia – the others are The Secret River (1) and Sarah Thornhill (3) Lieutenant Daniel Rooke sails into Sydney Cove with the First...

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The Thorn Birds 1st January 1970

One of the most beloved novels of all time, Colleen McCullough’s magnificent saga of dreams, struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian outback has enthralled readers the world over. The Thorn Birds is a chronicle of three...

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A Nurse Abroad 1st January 1970

In the early 1960s, Anne Watts was a newly qualified nurse, eager to use her skills. Her father expected her to work locally, not too far from North Wales, where Anne had grown up, and to then settle down...

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