Book description
'I came to Sydney from Melbourne in 1978 and immediately fell in love with its history, the sandstone buildings, the gorgeous harbour, the bridge, the Opera House, its ad hoc streets and its denizens.'
In Sydney, acclaimed playwright and author Louis Nowra - author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo -…
Why read it?
1 author picked Sydney as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Though I have spent most of my life in Sydney, Australia, Nowra’s book showed me that there were many fascinating stories about the city that I either did not know or about which I only had a vague knowledge.
For instance, a story about the peaceful and beautiful harbourside suburb of Clontarf tells of the attempted assassination there of Prince Alfred, the second son of Queen Victoria, in 1870. Then there is the Dunbar disaster thirteen years earlier, when a sailing ship carrying 122 people, passengers and crew, hit rocks near the southern side of the entrance to Sydney Harbour.…
If you love Sydney...
The High House
The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.
The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.
Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…
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