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In Defence of Her Honour

ISBN-13: 9780645441567
Publisher: PACIFIC WANDERLAND
Imprint: PACIFIC WANDERLAND
By Sara Powter
Price: AUD $29.99
Stock: 0 in stock
Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
Local release date: 20/04/2024
Format: Paperback (215.00mm X 139.00mm) 180 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Historical fiction [FV]

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Google Preview: London 1800s to Parramatta 1819. Bill Miller had been raised and educated with the sons of the family. The youngest, Bert, had been his best friend. However, jealousy intervenes when Bill’s excellent schoolwork curtails their friendship. He wins a scholarship and enters Oxford University. When Bill’s father, the old butler, dies unexpectedly, Bert insists that Bill take over the position, but it’s more to oppress him. Bert’s jealousy grows and festers. Now looking for a way to rid themselves of their new butler, a ruckus ensues, and Bill is arrested for assaulting Bert. The housekeeper and her daughter Molly vouch for him, but it’s too late; Bill has been arrested and sentenced to be transported. With Bill gone, Molly now needs to defend herself from Bert. After hitting him with a pan, she is arrested and sent to Sydney. Bill and Molly arrive with letters of introduction and compensation from Bert’s father. Soon, they are running the best Inn in Parramatta with an endorsement from the Governor.; Sara Powter was born on the NSW Central Coast. Her childhood was spent with her parents, mainly travelling up and down the East Coast of Australia, fishing, shell collecting and doing some of her education by Correspondence Schooling. With a passion for science, she worked as a Scientific Assistant in the Entomology Department for the Department of Agriculture. She married Stephen soon after leaving there, and they spent 30 years in Ministry in the Newcastle Anglican Diocese in NSW, only retiring at the end of 2020. When 'Covid 19' hit, time was available to pen some of the stories she'd wanted to write for some time. Within twelve months, eight stories were finished, and ideas for more were on the way. These stem from her passion for Colonial Australia, her convict Ancestors, and the amazing country's remarkable history! Sara wrote these as she wished to complete one of her mother's unfinished manuscripts. The series prequel, "Dancing to Her Own Tune,” is now completed and ties in Sheila Hunter's Australian Trilogy with Sara's Lockley series. But… Watch for more!; * Clean Historical Austraian Fiction. * Set in the Governor Macquarie era in Colonial Parramatta.; Google Preview content