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1915 by Roger McDonald
26.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
The tragedy and violence of that event provide the climax to this very personal, moving and surprisingly romantic story. With remarkable skill and in achingly beautiful prose, Roger McDonald takes the reader on an archetypal Australian journey which parallels the nation's progress from its country child ...Show more
A Sea-Chase by Roger McDonald
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Judy and Wes fall in love instantly and from the beginning are rarely apart. Yet they never really share their ambitions and passions with each other. Son of a preacher, Wes, is passionate about everything and a particular cause is the battle against the French nuclear testing in the Pacific. And boatbu ...Show more
Mr Darwin's Shooter by Roger McDonald
26.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
the story of Syms Covington, Darwin's manservant on the Beagle and afterwards. Last century Charles Darwin set out on a voyage in the Beagle that would change forever the way human history was viewed. It was on this voyage that Darwin collected the information that gave birth to his controversial Theory ...Show more
The Ballad of Desmond Kale: Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2006 by Roger McDonald
37.95 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
In the early 1800's, out of the prison society of govenors, redcoats, English gaolers, Irish convicts and the few free settlers of Botany Bay, none had entured much farther inland than a few dozen miles from Sydney into the vast territory claimed, New South Wales. Or so it was believed until the escape ...Show more
The Following by Roger McDonald
39.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'A politician was a man apart, with power lent to him while it lasted, a sack of bones in a suit coat thereafter.' Years ago, in a midnight encounter beside the railroad tracks, a young boy meets a stranger with a powerful secret, a gift of uncanny understanding and a talent for knots. From this encount ...Show more
When Colts Ran by Roger McDonald
39.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In this sweeping epic of friendship, toil, hope and failed promise, multi-award-winning author Roger McDonald follows the story of Kingsley Colts as he chases the ghost of himself through the decades, and in and out of the lives and affections of the citizens of 'The Isabel', a slice of Australia scatte ...Show more
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