Penguin Books Australia

'A heart-warming evocation of childhood during the Great Depression . . . I loved every page.'
BRYCE COURTENAY

The First World War, everyone said in 1914, would be over by Christmas, and Stephen Conway rushes to enlist. Leaving behind a new wife and a baby on the way, he soon finds himself in the trenches of Gallipoli. Four horrific years later, Stephen is the only survivor of his platoon. Shell-shocked and disillusioned, and during the the heat of battle on the blood-stained fields of France, he mysteriously...

Senator William Patterson, wealthy and influential, hides a scandal form his past that could ruin him.   Stefan Muller, a young penniless immigrant, seeks a promised new life in a land that does not welcome him.   When the senator's cherished daughter Elizabeth falls in love with the impoverished Stefan, it creates a family conflict that threatens to destroy them.

'The master of the Australia historical blockbuster'.
DAILY TELEGRAPH

Daniel Johnson and Matthew Conway are currency lads – born and bred in the new land now being called Australia.   Closer than brothers, they harbour a secret that binds them for life.   But change is coming.   When the British government resolves to turn back the clock and renew convict transportation, Daniel...

A wartime story of love, courage and the ties that bind

Sam Delon is a young Frenchman born and raised in Japan.   Florence Carter has led a quiet and lonely life in her native Australia.   One meeting on a Sydney beach is enough to create a lasting bond between the unlikely pair – and enough to share a secret with the potential to transform Sam's life.