Colleen McCullough

Sometimes when he didn't know he was being watched Meggie would look at him and try desperately to imprint his face upon her brain's core . . . And he would turn to find her watching him, a look in his eyes of haunted grief, a doomed look. She understood the implicit message, or thought she did; he must go, back to the Church and his duties. Never again with the same spirit, perhaps, but more able to serve. For only those who have slipped and fallen know the vicissitudes of the way . . .

The Thorn Birds

The tragic and terrible drama of the war between Greeks and Trojans, the long siege of Troy and the impact of one woman's beauty on the fate of two nations, is played out again in this dazzling novel based on Homer's ILIAD. Meet enchanting Helen, who we first encounter as a spoiled teenager and whose passion for the handsome, reckless Paris leads to the betrayal of her husband, King Menelaus and the fall of the House of Troy. Powerful King Agamemnon with his terrifyingly ambitious wife Klytemnestra and his soothsaying mistress Kassandra. Odysseus, doomed to wander the Aegean for twenty long years; brave Achilles, who is haunted by the mad shade of his mother; the heroes Hektor and Ajax and many more.

The Song of Troy

A novel of the final days of the Roman Republic explores the love affair between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, the assassination of Caesar, and the struggle for power that leads to the rise of the Roman Empire.

The October Horse

A fictional portrait of Julius Caesar follows the legendary ancient Roman military and political leader from his remarkable conquest of Gaul, to his momentous decision at the Rubicon River, to his personal triumphs, tragedies, dreams, and disappointments. Reprint.

A Novel

Caesar

Colleen McCullough captivated millions with her beloved worldwide bestseller The Thorn Birds. Now she takes readers to the birth of modern Australia with a breath-taking saga brimming with drama, history, and passion. It was one of the greatest human experiments ever undertaken: to populate an unknown continent with the criminals of English society. For Richard Morgan, twelve months as a prisoner on the high seas would be just the beginning in a soul-trying test to survive in a hostile new land where, against all odds, he would find a new love and a new life. From the dank cells of England's prisons to the unforgiving frontier of the eighteenth-century outback, Morgan's Run is the epic tale of one man whose strength and character helped settle a country and define its future.

Morgan's Run

Retells the story of Antony and Cleopatra from a meticulously researched perspective that features detailed historical and psychological details about the love affair that transformed the ancient world.

Antony and Cleopatra

Portuguese translation of "The thorn birds". The epic story of a priest torn between God and human passion and a beautiful girl desiring only what she cannot have, spanning five decades of ambition, fear, longing and revenge, and set against the vast horizons of Australia's Outback.

Pássaros feridos

One of the most beloved novels of all time, Colleen McCullough's magnificent saga of dreams, struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian outback has enthralled readers the world over. The Thorn Birds is a chronicle of three generations of Clearys—an indomitable clan of ranchers carving lives from a beautiful, hard land while contending with the bitterness, frailty, and secrets that penetrate their family. It is a poignant love story, a powerful epic of struggle and sacrifice, a celebration of individuality and spirit. Most of all, it is the story of the Clearys' only daughter, Meggie, and the haunted priest, Father Ralph de Bricassart—and the intense joining of two hearts and souls over a lifetime, a relationship that dangerously oversteps sacred boundaries of ethics and dogma.

Bittersweet is an enthralling tale of women - and of love. This is the story of two sets of twins, Edda and Grace, Tufts and Kitty, who struggle against all the restraints, prohibitions, laws and prejudices of 1920s Australia. Only the submissive yet steely Grace burns for marriage; the sleekly sophisticated Edda burns to be a doctor, the down-to-earth but courageous Tufts burns never to marry, and the too-beautiful, internally scarred Kitty burns for a love free from male ownership. Turbulent times, terrible torments, but the four magnificent Latimer sisters, each so different, love as women do: with tenderness as well as passion, and with hearts roomy enough to hold their men, their children, their careers and their sisters.

Bittersweet

"Harriet Purcell leaves her respectable suburban home to live in a vibrant and colourful district in the heart of Sydney. There she meets Mrs. Schwartz who earns her living telling fortunes. She opens Harriet's innocent eyes to the real world, a world of excitement, passion, and adventure. Harriet also meets Flo, Mrs. Schwartz's beautiful, mute four-year-old daughter, her beloved angel. When tragedy strikes, Harriet must ensure Flo's survival. And she learns that protecting those you care for most can be the hardest thing of all."--Publisher.

Angel

Missy, a young Australian woman living with her mother and her aunt, falls in love with the mysterious man who bought her family's bottling business

The Ladies of Missalonghi

'Fast-moving and immensely readable ... a page turner from start to finish' Maeve BinchyAlexander Kinross is remembered in his native Scotland only as a shiftless boilermaker's apprentice. But when he writes from Australia to summon his bride, his relatives realize he is now a man to be reckoned with. Arriving in Sydney after a difficult voyage, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Drummond meets her husband-to-be and discovers that he frightens and repels her. And, isolated in Alexander's great house, Elizabeth finds that marriage does not prompt her husband to enlighten her about his past life - nor his present one, in which his mistress, the sensuous, tough, outspoken Ruby Costevan, still plays a part -

The Touch

Mary Horton mène une existence solitaire dans sa superbe villa sur la plage de Sydney. Cadre dans une compagnie d'extraction minière, elle n'a vécu que pour réussir. Apparemment sans âge et sans grâce, Mary a passé sa vie à étouffer ses aspirations de femme. Sa vie est bouleversée par sa rencontre avec le jeune Tim Melville. D'une beauté de statue, le jeune homme rayonne de tendresse. Pourtant, ses yeux bleus expriment parfois un immense désespoir. Il a vingt-cinq ans, mais, mentalement, il est resté un enfant. Les hommes de son âge le rejettent, et même sa famille ne parvient pas à l'accepter tel qu'il est. Quand Tim devient le jardinier de Mary, tout change pour l'un comme pour l'autre : une entente immédiate et chaleureuse, des échanges d'une richesse inattendue viennent illuminer leurs existences. Cette étrange tendresse les émerveille. Mais ni l'un ni l'autre n'ose s'abandonner aux délices de l'amour...

The Thornbirds

The bestselling Australian novel of all time, THORN BIRDS is the sweeping saga of three generations of the Cleary family. Stoic matriarch Fee, her devoted husband, Paddy, and their headstrong daughter, Meggie, experience joy, sadness and magnificent triumph in the cruel Australian outback. With life's unpredictability, it is love that is their unifying thread, but it is a love shadowed by the anguish of forbidden passions. For Meggie loves Father Ralph de Bricassart, a man who wields enormous power within the Catholic Church... As powerful, moving and unforgettable as when it originally appeared, THE THORN BIRDS remains a novel to be read ... and read again. 'A heart-rending epic ... truly marvellous' Chicago Tribute 'A perfect read ... The kind of book the word "blockbuster" was made for' Boston Globe 'Beautiful ... compelling entertainment' New York Times

The dutiful and disciplined Sister Honour Langtry has sole charge of Ward X of a military hospital in the Pacific, where she cares for soldiers who have gone 'troppo' or are battle fatigued. War with Japan has only been over a few days when into this intense, confined world comes a new patient, Sergeant Michael Wilson. Immediately, his arrival transforms Ward X into a pressure cooker of emotion leading inexorably to tragedy for Sister Honour Langtry, as she is torn between her duty to all her patients - and her love for one of them...

An Indecent Obsession

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Colleen McCullough's sparkling, romantic sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet

The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome)

The fictional story of Julius Caesar and the women he adored, used, and destroyed on his irresistible rise to prominence.

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