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War Clouds Gather: The Frontier Series 8
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Ideal for readers of historical fiction who appreciate rich family sagas set against major 20th-century events, with themes of loyalty, passion, and moral complexity.
Against the backdrop of impending war and the rise of the Nazi Party, the epic saga of the Macintosh and Duffy families continues.
Against the backdrop of impending war and the rise of the Nazi Party, the epic saga of the Macintosh and Duffy families continues.
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the home grown version of Wilbur Smith The Sunday Age
Against the backdrop of impending war and the rise of the Nazi Party, the epic saga of the Macintosh and Duffy families continues. It's 1936. While Europe is starting to feel the shadow of the upcoming turmoil, George Macintosh is determined to keep control of his business empire. He takes extreme measures to prevent his nephew David from taking a seat on the Board. Meanwhile, George's son Donald is packed off to the family station Glen View in Northern Queensland in an effort to curb his excesses.
In Iraq, Captain Matthew Duffy doesn't escape the stain of growing fanaticism. Recruited by British Intelligence, he once more faces a German enemy, although this one has a more pleasing aspect. Matthew is confused by his attraction to Diane and finds himself having to make a hard decision. And just as he is coming to terms with his choice, he meets his estranged son, James Barrington Jnr.
In the middle of all this upheaval, the two families experience loss, love, greatness and tragedy, and find themselves brought closer together and pulled further apart. Romance blooms in the unlikeliest of hearts under the gathering clouds of war.
PRAISE FOR THE SERIES
A rousing and revealing yarn Weekend Australian
The historical detail brings the ...19th century to rip-roaring life The Australian
Watt's fans love his work for its history, adventure and storytelling Brisbane News
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ISBN: 9781742614137
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 July 2014
Country: Australia
Imprint: Pan Australia
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 201.0mm
Weight: 297g
Pages: 384
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About the Author
Peter Watt has spent time as a soldier, articled clerk, prawn trawler deckhand, builder's labourer, pipe layer, real estate salesman, private investigator, police sergeant and advisor to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. He speaks, reads and writes Vietnamese and Pidgin. He now lives at Maclean, on the Clarence River in northern New South Wales. He is a volunteer firefighter with the Rural Fire service, and fishing the vast open spaces of outback Queensland are his main interests in life. The new novel in the saga, And Fire Falls, will be published in November 2014.
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