Margaret Barr

A Treasury Of Royal Scandals

By Michael Farquhar - Published 2001

Genres:

Nonfiction

Writing in a vividly ironic style, Farquhar exposes the excruciating, ridiculous, poignant, stupid, and incredibly weird activities of the ruling classes — royal, imperial, ...Read Review

The Disastrous Mrs.Weldon

By Brian Thompson - Published 2001

Genres:

LiteraryNonfiction

The subject of this unusual biography was born Georgina Thomas, daughter of a delusional, cruel, and pretentious Briton who later assumed the genealogically ...Read Review

My Dream of You

By Nuala O'Faolain - Published 2001

Genres:

LiteraryMystery/Crime

A beloved colleague’s abrupt death propels travel writer Kathleen de Burca into a quest for personal and historical truths in this debut ...Read Review

A Close Run Thing: A Novel of Wellington’s Army of 1815

By Allan Mallinson - Published 2000

Genres:

AdventureMilitaryRomance

Debut author Mallinson brings to vivid life the travails and triumphs of Matthew Hervey, cornet in the (fictional) Sixth Light Dragoons cavalry regiment. “...Read Review

The Rose Grower

By Michelle de Kretser - Published 2000

Genres:

Literary

In 1789, monumental changes took place in France. Australian writer Michelle de Kretser’s debut novel begins on the famously fateful 14th of July — ...Read Review