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In a continuation of the family saga begun in the highly acclaimed Tamar, White feathers follows the lives of Tamar and Andrew Murdoch, in the years leading up to and immediately after World War One. Tamar's children become the focus of the continuing story, in particular her illegitimate eldest son, Joseph, the Boer War veteran who sits awkwardly between two cultures in a country that is just beginning to forge its own identityTags
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Second in the Children of War trilogy this book continues Tamar Murdoch's story from 1914 onward. Tamar and husband Andrew are living comfortably at their sheep station Kenmore in the Hawkes Bay, but storm clouds over Europe begin casting long shadows. One by one her children are drawn into World War One. Her eldest child Joseph, who fought during the Boer War as a European, enlists this time in the newly formed Maori Battalion, whilst her other children either sign up to fight or nurse the wounded. The aftermath of these decisions will leave losses and scars on the family that may never heal, but also bring new relationships and grandchildren to the family.
Richly detailed with historical facts and events, this is a compelling series. show more The author has certainly done extensive research into the time period and this certainly shows. The story is well paced and entertaining. Highly recommended. show less
Richly detailed with historical facts and events, this is a compelling series. show more The author has certainly done extensive research into the time period and this certainly shows. The story is well paced and entertaining. Highly recommended. show less
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Deborah Challinor is an Australian writer and a historian. Her first novel Behind the Sun, was released in December, 2012. The second, Girl of Shadows, was released in 2013. She attended Waikato University where she completed a Ph.D in New Zealand military history in 1998. All her historical novels have appeared in the top five of the New Zealand show more fiction bestseller list, six reaching number one. Deborah has also written non-fiction - Grey Ghosts, based on the research she did for her Ph.D. on New Zealander soldiers and the Vietnam War, and Who'll Stop the Rain?, about the effects of Agent Orange on the children of New Zealand's Vietnam veterans. In 1995 she won a New Zealand Returned and Services¿ Association Military History Scholarship, and in 1997 received a New Zealand History Research Trust Fund Award and funding from the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board for the first edition of Grey Ghosts. In 2015 her title's Tamar, Blue Smoke, White Feathers, Band of Gold, Kitty and Amber made The New Zealand Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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