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  The Rebels

  Vivian Stuart

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  The sixth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams.
  Twenty thousand kilometres and four months of sailing are what stands between England and the colony of Australia.
  In his struggles to bring order in the colony, and to protect its settlers from abuse of power, and injustice, Governor Bligh is up against some powerful enemies and mischievous schemers.
  Three strong-minded governors have failed to complete the task before him ...
  And England seems to have had enough of the war against France.
  Rebels and outcasts, they fled halfway across the earth to settle the harsh Australian wastelands. Decades later — ennobled by love and strengthened by tragedy — they had transformed a wilderness into a fertile land. And themselves into The Australians.

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  Booth: Book Summary & Analysis

  Alexander Pike

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas. 
   
  Before the bullet, before the stage, before the assassination that shocked a nation—there was a family. 
  Booth is a sweeping, intimate portrait of one of the most infamous names in American history, told not through the eyes of the assassin, but through the siblings, parents, and complex legacy that shaped him. Set in 19th-century America, this audiobook dives deep into the dramatic, often chaotic Booth household: a father hailed as a theatrical genius, a mother holding a family together, and children grappling with identity, ambition, and loyalty in a country on the verge of civil war.

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  3 Stories - Early 20th Century...

  Luigi Pirandello, S Mukerji, E G...

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.

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  Shenkin

  Davey Davis

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  Daniel Shenkin born into a working class community of the 19th century scarred and buried in the bowels of the coal mines and forged in the Ironworks of his black South Wales valley. He gambles, loves and bare knuckle fights for survival. He is determined to form a union. The protest he leads turns into a revolt. Working men and soldiers are killed or wounded. Together with his side kick the giant of a man Regan O'Hara he is sentenced to transportation for a term of 20 years in the penal colonies of Australia. His grounding in brutality is completed on the prison hulks and the convict ship the Runnymede. The ship is captained by the tyrant Josiah Moxey and joint owned by the decadent Lord Feltsham. They have smuggled loot from London on to the ship and Shenkin knows to much. They want him dead but Shenkin's pride,determination and two fisted approach, while even in chains, sees him survive. He finds love in the form of Elizabeth Moxey the niece of the captain and the friendship of the ship's doctor. His resilience proves to much for Moxey and Lord Felthsham to handle on their own. They enlist the dregs of the convict ship and sadistic guards of the penal prison to kill him. It is a roller coaster of an adventure in the cold bowels of the earth then on the sea and land. Everything is against him his background, the sovereign state, the men that are out to kill him, but he carries his pride in his two fists. Shenkin is a dangerous man a 19th century ' rebel with a cause ' his cause is to survive - don't stand in his way.

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  City of Silk - The Times...

  Glennis Virgo

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  'My favourite kind of historical fiction ... So beautifully atmospheric ... I loved this book and can't wait to read more from Glennis Virgo' - Frances Quinn, author of That Bonesetter Woman
  Bologna, 1575.
  A talented seamstress
  A powerful merchant
  
  A fierce battle of wills
  
  Bologna, 1575. A talented seamstress. A powerful merchant. A fierce battle of wills.
  
  
  Elena Morandi has gained a fragile foothold in a master tailor's workshop, despite the profession being barred to women. But then Antonio della Fontana, a powerful man from her past, crosses her path and threatens everything she has built. Fontana has every corner of the city in his pocket and Elena knows all too well of his past abuses. Driven to fight for justice, she hatches a daring plan to get retribution for herself, a lost friend and his other victims.
  
  
  The sights, sounds and textures of Renaissance Italy are brought to vivid life in this breathtaking historical fiction debut.
  'I LOVED this. The characters sing. Bravo' - Sara Sheridan, author of The Fair Botanists

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  Uncle Tom's Cabin

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

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  Uncle Tom's Cabin is a powerful anti-slavery novel that follows the lives of several characters caught in the brutal institution of slavery in the United States. Central to the narrative is Uncle Tom, a devout Christian and gentle soul, whose suffering under the oppressive system serves as a stark indictment of slavery. The story explores the emotional and moral devastation caused by the practice, highlighting the experiences of both enslaved people and those who grapple with the moral complexities of the issue.

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