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|  | | Faeries, Farms and Folk
A family saga set in Scotland from the mid-1600s when witches were being burned at the stake and the Church of Scotland had a tight hold on the lives of its parishioners.
Many people with Scottish ancestry will find Agricultural Labourers among their forebears, because so many people in Scotland prior to the industrial revolution were engaged in working the land in one form or another. It was a time when men worked by the sweat of their brow and women worked beside them and made a home and raised the children as best they could. It was also a time of political upheaval, of strong influence in people’s lives by the Church of Scotland and of superstition.
This novel goes inside the lives of family members as they transition from farming to coal mining. T | |  | | Far Across The Sea
Set in Scotland in the early 1900s, the book progresses through two world wars and leads to a life in Australia.
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A young Scotsman travels to Australia in 1885, armed with ambition and the dream of owning land. He makes a lot of money droving horses overland in Queensland. He travels hundreds of miles over uncharted territory with up to 30 horses in his charge, and encounters dangers along the way. He could not have known that evil lurked in the bush. As he is about to realise his dream, fate takes a hand. This is the true story of his life - and death.
| |  | | Ours, Yours and Mines
A family sage set in the miners' rows of Ayrshire, Scotland in the mid-1800s to early 1900s.
You will read of the family's friendship with well-known union activist Keir Hardie. It is a story about the struggles of the miners and their families - the men who slaved away underground facing daily dangers, and the women who worked hard, bearing and raising large families and praying that their men would return unharmed from the pits. It is a story that relates to many people of the time. We often read statistics about the decimation of families due to disease, but there are few acounts of how the loss of family members, and the poor living conditions, must have affec | |  | | Seven Deadly Sinners
No mobile phones, not even a landline, no electricity, no computers, no radio – just a band of unexpected guests stranded at an isolated outback hotel in Queensland Australia in 1957. They all have somewhere else to be, but thunder storms and flooding prevent them from carrying on.
Each person has a story, but who is telling the truth – and who is murdering them one at a time?
For anyone who has never visited Australia, or experienced the country in drought, it can be hard to imagine just how dry the continent can get. It can also be difficult to appreciate just how isolated some parts of rural Australia are, and how badly people, animals and plants can be affected when it doesn't rain for years. Some people don't see another soul for months at a time. This novella is set in 1957 in a fictional outback pub and is based on the many pubs that dot the landscape and offer a respite for weary travellers across the wide brown land. Eleven people | |  | | The Last Hurrah
An elderly couple enjoys one last celebration as they face the end of life's journey.
Bob and Anna McAllister are a retired couple living a comfortable lifestyle in Australia. When Anna's breast cancer returns and Bob's heart condition deteriorates, they are worried about dealing with the end stage of life. Their adult children all have busy lives and they don't want to be a burden to them. They have enjoyed many cruises to the South Pacific and, after much discussion, they decide to take one last cruise - have one last hurrah - and not return. Their decision not only affects them but also has a great impact on their family. It is a love story about two people who cannot b | |  | | The Underta:Masquerade
In Scotland in 1859 women were not allowed to study medicine. Kate Grainger, a 23-year-old undertaker, is desperate to become a doctor.
In Scotland in 1859 women were not allowed to study medicine. Kate Grainger, a 23-year-old undertaker, is desperate to become a doctor. She seeks the help of a mysterious man to help her in her quest. She thinks she knows his secret - but does she?
i>The Undertaker:Masquerade/i> is the sequel to i>The Undertaker/i> published in 2015. Readers enjoyed Kate's exploits so much that they asked for more. Kate is an independent young woman with psychic abilities and a knack for solving murders. | |  | | The Undertaker
A young woman in Edinburgh Scotland in 1858 inherits her father's undertaking business and sets out to catch a serial killer.
In 1858 in Edinburgh Scotland, a 23-year-old woman named Kate Grainger inherits her father’s undertaking business. It is a time when not much is expected of women, other than to be wives and mothers, and Kate wants to be neither. She wants to be a doctor but women are not allowed to enter the prestigious Edinburgh School of Medicine. She has a male friend, James, who is a doctor – he is smitten with her and wants to marry her, but she has made it clear that she has no such intentions. She spends a lot of time with him looking through his medical books to learn all that she can. She has dr | |  | | The Undertaker:Hallowed Halls
Kate the undertaker wants to study medicine at the prestigious University of Edinburgh, but women are not allowed to enter its hallowed halls. This historical-fiction story incorporates the real-life struggle for women to gain the right to study.
Kate the undertaker is determined to change the established point of view that only men have the required stamina and intelligence to study medicine. She befriends a woman who has the same ambition, and together they forge ahead in an attempt to make higher education available to women. While Kate is a fictional character, in this story she teams up with real-life women's campaigner Sophia Jex-Blake who is credited with being the first woman to practise medicine in Edinburgh, but it doesn't happen without a struggle. Of course, being Kate, there are plenty of murders to so |
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