Tiger Men
  • Published: 26 October 2011
  • ISBN: 9781864712209
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 638

Tiger Men

unmissable historical fiction from the bestselling author of Black Sheep

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18 Aug 2020
Paperback
19 Nov 2012
EBook
26 Oct 2011
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MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

A sweeping saga of three families in Tasmania, from its golden era and Federation's birth to the poignant pride and sacrifice of World War I.


AN ISLAND OF EXTREMES
Van Diemen’s Land, an island of stark contrasts: a harsh penal colony, an English idyll for its gentry, and an island so rich in natural resources it was a profiteer’s paradise.

HOBART'S HARSH REALITY
In its heart, Hobart Town, a city of stark divides: the wealthy elite in their sandstone mansions, the exploited poor in the notorious Wapping slum, and the criminals who haunted the dockside taverns. Hobart Town was no place for the meek.

STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS
Silas Stanford, a wealthy Englishman; Mick O’Callaghan, an Irishman on the run; and Jefferson Powell, an idealistic American political prisoner each navigate this tumultuous world. Their lives intersect with the strong, proud women who loved them, and of the children they bore who rose to power in the cutthroat world of international trade.

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'Mistress of the ripping yarn.' SUN-HERALD
'500 pages of perfect reading.' AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY
'Perfect summer reading.' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
'A master of what she does.' WEEKLY TIMES
'A stunning blockbuster.' WOMAN'S DAY
'A prolific writer of bestsellers.' THE AGE
  • Published: 26 October 2011
  • ISBN: 9781864712209
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 638
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About the author

Judy Nunn

Judy Nunn’s career has been long, illustrious and multifaceted. After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio, Judy decided in the 90s to turn her hand to prose.

Her first three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became instant bestsellers, and the rest is history, quite literally in fact. She has since developed a love of writing Australian historically-based fiction and her fame as a novelist has spread rapidly throughout Europe where she has been published in English, German, French, Dutch, Czech and Spanish.

Her subsequent bestsellers, Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage, Floodtide, Maralinga, Tiger Men, Elianne, Spirits of the Ghan, Sanctuary, Khaki Town and Showtime! confirmed Judy’s position as one of Australia’s leading fiction writers. She has now sold over one million books in Australia alone.

In 2015 Judy was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her "significant service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author".

portrait photo of Judy Nunn

Also by Judy Nunn

Stories from the Otto Bin Empire
Black Sheep
The Long Weekend
A Poem for Sally
Showtime!
Khaki Town
Adam's Mum and Dad: The third story from the Otto Bin Empire
See all

Praise for Tiger Men

I’ve enjoyed other Nunn historical titles, but this is by far my favourite.

Herald Sun

Judy knows what ingredients a good story needs and she has poured them all into this novel… If you love Aussie history in fictional form, this is for you.

Woman's Day

Judy Nunn has written another great novel based on historical fact. Her research is thorough and impeccable and her characters, though fictional, are people who the reader can relate and empathise with...I've enjoyed other Nunn historical tales such as Heritage and Maralinga, but this is by far my favourite.

Townsville Bulletin