Ann Blainey

A revealing portrait of a brilliant and troubled figure - a daredevil of the skies - now available in paperback. King of the Air: The Turbulent Life of Charles Kingsford Smith depicts Charles Kingsford Smith as the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In three short years, he broke records with his astounding and daring voyages: the...

I Am Melba - how a Melbourne girl defied her father and left her husband to become the most famous singer of the age. Growing up in Melbourne, Nellie Mitchell showed musical promise and dreamed of fame, but her father had more orthodox plans in mind. Early marriage took her to the Queensland cane-fields - but her ambitions remained, and...

A revealing portrait of a brilliant and troubled figure - a daredevil of the skies. Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In three short years, he broke records with his astounding and daring voyages- the first trans-Pacific flight from America to Australia, the first circumnavigation around the equator, the first non-stop crossing...