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Mark Antony, famous warrior and legendary lover, expects that he will be Julius Caesar's successor. But when Caesar is murdered, his eighteen-year-old nephew, Octavian, is named his heir. No one, least of all Antony, expects Octavian to last; but his youth and slight frame conceal a remarkable determination and a sharp strategic mind. Under Octavian's rule, the empire is divided, with Antony responsible for the fabulously rich East. There he meets Cleopatra, who is still mourning Caesar, her lover and the father of her only son.

Set in Sydney in the nineteenth century, when Henry Parkes asked Florence Nightingale for trained nurses to reform the previously turgid and oppressive hospital system in the fledgling colony. Electra Flynn faces murder, exploitation and mystery as women disappear and relationships struggle under an oppressive regime.

Kidnapped on the streets of London, taken unconscious by coach to the great estate of Willerby and there held captive by the handsome but bitter man who claimed to be her guardian, beautiful Linnet Grey was almost convinced she was the evil heiress.

At fourteen Simone Fleurier is sent to live a hard, impoverished life with her Aunt in Marseilles. Her dream is that one day she will be a famous singer and dancer. She discovers the local music hall and soon becomes the bright light of Paris. But Nazi troops occupy the city and Simone must make a decision that will lead her into great danger.

'Twopenny rainbows' continues the story of the younger sisters of Keara Michaels, the heroine of 'A Pennyworth of Sunshine', following their fortunes from nineteenth-century Ireland to the brave new world of Australia.

The Devonshire village of Ford is full of excitement at the arrival of its new doctor, the dashing young Scotsman Jamie Murray. Maggs Fletcher frequents the local pub in the hope of a chance meeting with him, but it is her sister, Crista, to whom Jamie has taken a shine.

When Flora's beloved father is brutally murdered, his second cousin Louis Fletcher is quick to claim his inheritance and evict Flora from Tucker's Grave Inn. But Louis is a rich merchant and why does he want an old coaching-inn.

It is 1385 and master mason Simon of Kineton is building his magnum opus : a great college to rival any in England. Six hundred years later, in the same city, Damia Miller has been employed to promote penniless Kineton and Dacre College. She realises that a grotesque wall-painting uncovered during renovations may hold the key to the ancient college's survival.

Miriam Strong had been looking forward to her family arriving at Bellbird Station to help her celebrate her seventy-fifth birthday. Yet with the discovery of the first tangible clue to her stolen inheritance, has come the knowledge that she must again face an old enemy.

An historical novel of Israel, from pre-history to the present. Religion, society, politics - fact and conjecture are interwoven.