Bøger af Colleen McCullough

The tale of the Trojan War brilliantly retold by the bestselling author of THE THORN BIRDS.

A Captain Carmine Delmonico mystery from the bestselling author of The Thorn BirdsAugust 1969. Two anonymous male corpses are discovered in the sleepy college town of Holloman, Connecticut. After connecting the emaciated bodies to four other victims, the police realise that Holloman has a psychopathic killer on the loose.Captain Carmine Delmonico's team begins to circle a trio of eccentrics who share family ties, painful memories, and a dark past. Things become even murkier when one of them turns out to be a friend of Sergeant Delia Carstairs. Delia has also recently befriended the head of the local mental hospital, who has been trying to rehabilitate a very difficult patient.When another vicious murder rocks Holloman, Carmine realises that two killers are at large with completely different modus operandi. Suddenly the summer isn't so sleepy anymore. ..

* The Australian answer to GONE WITH THE WIND* 'One of the biggest-selling, most widely read books in the history of fiction' Observer

The captivating novel from the international bestselling author of 'The Thorn Birds'.Innocence is no protection...In Holloman, Connecticut, someone is preying on the innocent. At a prestigious research centre fondly known by its staff as the 'Hug', parts of a mutilated body are found. Lieutenant Carmine Delmonico of the Holloman Police learns that a string of horrifying murders - each with the same modus operandi as the one at the Hug - have been commited throughout the state. When another body is found, the medical staff become prime suspects.With the powers that be in turmoil and every member of staff hiding something, Delmonico must delve into the lives of each and every Hug employee. This is the case of his career and he is determined to solve it. But how, when he is hunting a monster who leaves no clues and is always two steps ahead?

The fifth book in the epic Masters of Rome series. Gaul. Even Pompey the Great, Caesar's former ally. But all have underestimated Caesar. For rome is his destiny - a destiny that will impel him triumphantly on to the banks of the Rubicon, and beyond, into legend, as the noblest Roman of them all.

Tells the story of Gaius Julius Caesar's relentless rise to prominence, beginning with his return to Rome in 68 BC. He comes prepared to dominate a new battlefield - the Roman Forum. But his victories are not limited to the Forum: he also conquers Rome's noble women.

But when the ageing Marius grows weak, the stability of the mighty Republic looks uncertain. Ambitious, tormented Lucius Cornelius Sulla, once Marius's right hand man, withdraws from his commander's circle to prepare his own bid for power.

Amid conditions of brutality that paralleled that of slavery, 'The First Fleet' was sent to a place no European but the legendary Captain Cook had ever seen. Left to live or die on the hostile Australian continent, these convicts and their equally isolated guards occupy the centre of this epic.

Spanning fifty years, from the 1860s through to the turn of the century, this work tells the story of Alexander Kinross, who flees from a childhood of poverty in Scotland to make his fortune in the Australian and the American gold fields. In the process, he meets the woman he loves but can never marry - and marries a woman who can never love him.

The bestselling author of THE THORN BIRDS returns with a novel of laughter, passion and more than a little magic ...1960, Sydney's Kings Cross. Harriet Purcell leaves her conventional, respectable home and respectable, passionless boyfriend and moves into a rooming house owned by Mrs. Delvecchio Schwartz.There, Harriet finds a life she relishes - excitement, adventure and passion. Mrs. Delvecchio Schwartz makes a living from telling fortunes, and is mother to 4-year-old Flo. Beautiful little Flo is mute, and Harriet comes to love her as if Flo were her own - and must protect her at all costs when tragedy strikes...Angel is Colleen McCullough at her vintage best, drawing on her own experiences of living in the Cross in the 1960s and writing of a world that has long gone. Most of all, it is a tale of a woman's love for a child, and what she is prepared to endure to ensure her survival.

En gribende og storslået beretning om den ejendommelige familie Cleary.Historien begynder tidligt i dette århundrede, da Paddy Cleary med sin kone Fiona og deres syv børn flytter til Drogheda, et stort australsk landsted.Den ender mere end 50 år senere, da den eneste tilbageblevne af tredje generation - den kønne skuespillerinde Justine O'Neil - strejfer om i verden langt borte fra Drogheda for at lede efter det 'virkelige liv' og den 'sande kærlighed'.Men bogens egentlige hovedperson er den utæmmelige Meggie, Paddy og Fiona Clarys datter, der ikke viger fra Drogheda, og som holder fast ved sin store kærlighed: Den kønne og ærgerrige præst Ralph de Bricassart - et forhold som endog ikke kan brydes på grund af 1000 kilometers afstand og Vatikanets tykke mure.Hendes personer står utroligt levende, hver efter sin egenart, og begivenhederne mangler intet hvad drama angår, men afløser dog med fint forberedt nødvendighed hinanden. Hvor har man dog oplevet meget, når man lægger denne vældige slægtsroman fra sig, skrev kristeligt Dagblad.Tornfuglene er flere gange blevet vist i dansk tv med Richard Chamberlain i rollen som Ralph de Bricassart.Copyright © 1977 by Colleen McCullough.Oversat af Ib Christiansen fra The Thorn Birds.slægtsromaner, Australien, 1900-1999