Author : Maggie Joel
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760872229
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)
Book Synopsis The Unforgiving City by : Maggie Joel
Download or read book The Unforgiving City written by Maggie Joel and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets and lies throw three lives into chaos in the last days of the nineteenth century. 'If you love Australian history combined with a gripping saga, The Unforgiving City is an excellent read.' - The Weekly Times Colonial Sydney in the final weeks of the nineteenth century: a city striving for union and nationhood but dogged by divisions so deep they threaten to derail, not just the Federation, but the colony itself. There are chasms opening too when a clandestine note reaches the wrong hands in the well-to-do household of aspiring politician Alasdair Dunlevy and his wife Eleanor. Below stairs, their maid Alice faces a desperate situation with her wayward sister. Despite sharing a house, Eleanor, Alice and Alasdair are each alone in their torment and must each find some solution, but at what cost to themselves and those they love? Evocative, immediate and involving, this is the sweeping story of three people, their passions and ambitions, and the far-flung ripples their choices will cause.