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Learn moreA spell-binding, multi-generational novel, set in the ruthless world of movie-making.
A GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST
On a blistering hot day in 1850, George and Richard Ross take their first steps on Australian soil after three long months at sea. All they have is each other, and a quarterly remittance from their irate father who has banished them to the Colonies.
LIFE IN A NEW WORLD
A decade on, and the brothers are the owners of successful vineyard, Araluen, nestled in a beautiful green valley not far from Adelaide. Now a successful businessman, George has laid down the roots of his own Ross dynasty, born of the New World. But building a family empire - at any cost - can have a shattering effect on the generations to come ...
A SAGA OF POWER AND GREED
From the South Australian vineyards of the 1850s to the opulence and corruption of Hollywood's golden age to the relentless loneliness of the outback to mega-budget movie-making in modern-day New York... 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.
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'Mistress of the ripping yarn.' SUN-HERALD
'500 pages of perfect reading.' AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY
'Perfect summer reading.' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
'A master of what she does.' WEEKLY TIMES
'A stunning blockbuster.' WOMAN'S DAY
'A prolific writer of bestsellers.' THE AGE
Judy Nunn (Author)
Judy Nunn's career has been long, illustrious and multifaceted. After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio, Judy decided in the 90s to turn her hand to prose.
Her first three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became instant bestsellers, and the rest is history, quite literally in fact. She has since developed a love of writing Australian historically-based fiction and her fame as a novelist has spread rapidly throughout Europe where she has been published in English, German, French, Dutch, Czech and Spanish.
Her subsequent bestsellers, Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage, Floodtide, Maralinga, Tiger Men, Elianne, Spirits of the Ghan, Sanctuary, Khaki Town and Showtime! confirmed Judy's position as one of Australia's leading fiction writers. She has now sold over one million books in Australia alone.
In 2015 Judy was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her "significant service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author".
John Derum (Reader)
John Derum has been acting writing and directing for theatre, television and film since his teenage years, working mainly with Australian writing and stories. He has recorded and performed for audiobooks the works of C.J.Dennis and numerous other Australian poets and novelists, including Joseph Furphy, Henry Lawson, Judy Nunn and David Malouf. John has performed his tribute to C.J.Dennis, More Than A Sentimental Bloke, throughout Australia and recorded several Dennis collections, including the Dennis masterpiece 'The Glugs Of Gosh'.
John was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (A.M.) for his significant contribution to the arts and the community.
Judy Nunn (Author)
Judy Nunn's career has been long, illustrious and multifaceted. After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio, Judy decided in the 90s to turn her hand to prose.
Her first three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became instant bestsellers, and the rest is history, quite literally in fact. She has since developed a love of writing Australian historically-based fiction and her fame as a novelist has spread rapidly throughout Europe where she has been published in English, German, French, Dutch, Czech and Spanish.
Her subsequent bestsellers, Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage, Floodtide, Maralinga, Tiger Men, Elianne, Spirits of the Ghan, Sanctuary, Khaki Town and Showtime! confirmed Judy's position as one of Australia's leading fiction writers. She has now sold over one million books in Australia alone.
In 2015 Judy was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her "significant service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author".
John Derum (Reader)
John Derum has been acting writing and directing for theatre, television and film since his teenage years, working mainly with Australian writing and stories. He has recorded and performed for audiobooks the works of C.J.Dennis and numerous other Australian poets and novelists, including Joseph Furphy, Henry Lawson, Judy Nunn and David Malouf. John has performed his tribute to C.J.Dennis, More Than A Sentimental Bloke, throughout Australia and recorded several Dennis collections, including the Dennis masterpiece 'The Glugs Of Gosh'.
John was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (A.M.) for his significant contribution to the arts and the community.