by Judy Nunn
From the ruins of Berlin to the birth of Israel, from the Italian Alps to the Australian high country, Heritage is a passionate and fast-paced tale of rebirth, struggle, sacrifice and redemption, and a tribute to those who gave meaning to the Australian spirit.
Judy Nunn
Beneath the Southern Cross
‘A night of debauchery it was …’
Thomas Kendall stood with his grandsons beside the massive sandstone walls of Fort Macquarie. He smiled as he looked out across Sydney Cove, ‘… that night they brought the women convicts ashore …’
In 1783, Thomas Kendall, a naive nineteen-year-old sentenced to transportation for burglary, finds himself in Sydney Town and a new life in the wild and lawless land beneath the Southern Cross.
Thomas fathers a dynasty that will last beyond two hundred years. His descendants play their part in the forging of a nation, but greed and prejudice see an irreparable rift in the family which will echo through the generations. It is only when a young man reaches far into the past and rights a grievous wrong that the Kendall family can reclaim its honour.
Beneath the Southern Cross is as much a story of a city as it is a family chronicle. With her uncanny ability to bring history to life in technicolour, Judy Nunn traces the fortunes of Thomas Kendall’s descendants through good times and bad, two devastating wars and several social revolutions to the present day, vividly drawing the events, the ideas and issues that have made the city of Sydney and the nation of Australia what they are today.
Judy Nunn
Kal
Kalgoorlie. It grew out of the red dust of the desert over the world’s richest vein of gold. Like the gold it guarded, Kalgoorlie was a magnet to anyone with a sense of adventure, anyone who could dream. People were drawn there from all over the world, settling to start afresh or to seek their fortunes. They called it Kal; it was a place where dreams came true or were lost forever in the dust. It could reward you or it could destroy you, but it would never let you go. You staked your claim in Kal and Kal staked its claim in you.
In a story as breathtaking and as sweeping as the land itself, Judy Nunn brings Kal magically to life through the lives of two families, one Australian and one Italian. From the heady early days of the gold rush to the horrors of the First World War in Gallipoli and France, to the shame and confrontation of the post-war riots, Kal tells the story of Australia itself and the people who forged a nation out of a harsh and unforgiving land.
‘A huge and sumptuous novel … absolutely unputdownable. Nunn is mistress of the old-fashioned story we beg to hear.’
Herald Sun
Judy Nunn
Araluen
From the South Australian vineyards of the 1850s to mega-budget movie-making in modern-day New York, Araluen tells the story of one man’s quest for wealth and position, and its shattering effect on succeeding generations.
Turn-of-the-century Sydney gaming houses … the opulence and corruption of Hollywood’s golden age … the colour and excitement of the America’s Cup … the relentless loneliness of the outback … Judy Nunn weaves an intricate web of characters and locations in this spellbinding saga of the Ross family and its inescapable legacy of greed and power.
Judy Nunn
Centre Stage
The stars shine on centre stage … But what secrets lie hidden in the shadows?
Alex Rainford has it all. He’s sexy, charismatic and adored by fans the world over. But Alex is not all he seems. What spectre from the past is driving him ever closer to evil? And who will fall under his spell along the way?
Madeleine Frances, beautiful stage and screen actress. Years before, she had escaped Alex’s fatal charm, but now she is forced to confront him once again … and reveal her devastating secret.
Susannah Wright, the finest classical actress of her generation. Not even her awesome talent can save her from Alex’s dangerous charisma.
Imogen McLaughlin, the promising young actress whose biggest career break could be her greatest downfall. She wants Alex Rainford – and she has no idea that he has the power to destroy her …
Centre Stage is a tantalising, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of theatre and film and what goes on when the spotlight dims and the curtain falls.
Judy Nunn
The Glitter Game
The glitter of money … the glitter of power … the glitter of stardom … Television … the seductive world where everyone plays the glitter game.
The greatest smash-hit series ever created. The hottest female star in a cutthroat world where careers are made and destroyed with a word in the right ear … or a night in the right bed. Only the ruthless make it to the top. And they will stop at nothing to stay there. Not even murder.
The Glitter Game, Judy Nunn’s first adult novel, is a delicious exposé of the high-voltage world of television, a scandalous behind-the-scenes look at what goes on when the cameras stop rolling.
‘A steamy novel that strips bare the sexy secrets of the soap business.’
People, UK
