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In her first epic romantic novel since The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough weaves a sweeping story of two sets of twins-all trained as nurses but each with her own ambitions-stepping into womanhood in 1920s and '30s Australia.Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close as can be. Yet these vivacious young women each have their own dreams for themselves: Edda wants to be a doctor, Tufts wants to organize everything...

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Lizzy Bennet married Mr. Darcy, Jane Bennet married Mr. Bingley-but what became of the middle daughter, Mary? Readers of Pride and Prejudice will remember that there were five Bennet sisters. Now, twenty years on, Jane has a happy marriage and large family, Lizzy and Mr. Darcy now have a formidable social reputation, Lydia has a reputation of quite another kind, Kitty is much in demand in London's parlors and ballrooms, but what of Mary? Mary ...

Mark Antony, famous warrior and legendary lover, expects that he will be Julius Caesar s successor. But when Caesar is murdered, his eighteen-year-old nephew, Octavian, is named as his heir. No one, least of all Antony, expects Octavian to last, but his youth and slight frame conceal a remarkable determination and a sharp strategic mind. Under Octavian s rule, the empire is divided, with Antony responsible for the fabulously rich East. There h...

Mark Antony, famous warrior and legendary lover, expects that he will be Julius Caesar s successor. But when Caesar is murdered, his eighteen-year-old nephew, Octavian, is named as his heir. No one, least of all Antony, expects Octavian to last, but his youth and slight frame conceal a remarkable determination and a sharp strategic mind. Under Octavian s rule, the empire is divided, with Antony responsible for the fabulously rich East. There h...

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In 1965, the dogged Lieutenant Carmine Delmonico is assigned to solve what appears to be a single murder. Part of a young woman's body has turned up at one of the world's leading neurological research centers, but it's not long before Delmonico realizes he's hunting a serial killer. All the center's members are hiding secrets Delmonico must unearth: what does Professor Robert Smith do in his basement? Why doesn't Dr. Walter Polonski's wife kno...

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In her first epic romantic novel since The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough weaves a sweeping story of two sets of twins--all trained as nurses but each with her own ambitions--stepping into womanhood in 1920s and '30s Australia.Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close as can be. Yet these vivacious young women each have their own dreams for themselves: Edda wants to be a doctor, Tufts wants to organize everythi...

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In this breathtaking follow-up to "The October Horse, " McCullough turns her attention to the legendary romance of Antony and Cleopatra. The grandeur of ancient Rome comes to life as a timeless human drama plays out against the dramatic backdrop of the Republic's final days.

Now in paperback--the sweeping epic of ancient Rome from the #1 bestselling author of "The Thorn Birds" that brings to life Gaius Julius Caesar during the last days of the Roman Republic.

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È il 1965. In una cittadina del Connecticut vengono ritrovati i resti smembrati di una sedicenne. Il tenente Carmine Delmonico viene incaricato delle indagini. Da quel momento, davanti ai suoi occhi, un caleidoscopio di personaggi, di congetture, di moventi, di possibili indiziati: da un medico che aspira al Nobel a Desdemona Duprè, altera e affascinante, da un uomo che conserva gelosamente la foto di suo padre in compagnia di Hitler a un altr...

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