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Maralinga: a gripping historical thriller from the bestselling author of Black Sheep Kindle Edition

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A gripping tale of espionage and ambition, where the future of a nation is being decided in a remote SA desert during the darkest days of the cold war ...

INTRIGUE IN THE OUTBACK
In the desolate wilds of South Australia, British Lieutenant Daniel Gardiner, lured by the promise of rapid promotion, finds himself entangled with MI6's covert operatives and Australian military secrets, as they navigate a landscape shadowed by the looming presence of nuclear testing.

ROMANCE AMIDST SECRETS
Into this world of hidden agendas, Elizabeth Hoffmann, a bold English journalist, embarks on a journey fuelled by love and a relentless quest for truth, drawing her into the heart of Maralinga's mystery.

ANCESTRAL ECHOES
Amidst the intrigue and romance, a poignant story emerges of the First Australians, whose 40,000 year old connection to their land is threatened by the silent, devastating impact of nuclear tests, unveiling a saga of loss and resilience that speaks to the very soul of a nation.

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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

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Judy Nunn's career has been long, illustrious and multifaceted. After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio. Embarking on adult fiction in the early 90s, Judy's novels became instant bestsellers and confirm her position as one of Australia's leading popular novelists.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004T6DI9Q
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Australia (1 September 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 869 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 530 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0749954957

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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 80s to turn her hand to prose. The result was two adventure novels for children, EYE IN THE STORM and EYE IN THE CITY, which remain extremely popular, not only in Australia but in Europe. Embarking on adult fiction in the early 90s, Judy's three novels, THE GLITTER GAME, CENTRE STAGE and ARALUEN, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became instant bestsellers. Her subsequent bestsellers, KAL, BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS, TERRITORY, PACIFIC, HERITAGE, FLOODTIDE and MARALINGA confirm her position as one of Australia’s leading popular novelists.

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Jan McGill

the ignorance of men

Reviewed in Australia on 29 August 2021

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that the impact on aboriginal people and the land

Reviewed in Australia on 30 May 2017

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I would recommend this book to all to read. I think there will be more info to come out about what really happened at maralinga

Reviewed in Australia on 9 January 2021

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Great book kept me awake for hours it is worth a read

Reviewed in Australia on 15 January 2017

A rattling good yarn but with a bit of a convenient end when the baddie is finally exposed. Nonetheless for the background to the atomic test series alone it is a worthwhile read.

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elaine murton

Maralinga - Judy Nunn

Reviewed in Australia on 21 June 2014

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This was an excellent read - it made me extremely interested in the history of my own state as I was an adolescent when all this bombs were tested and knew someone who had been there at the time as a contracting worker - wow - I hope it was not true but realise there is a lot of truth in there somewhere.

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Diane Wallace

Unsatisfactory ending

Reviewed in Australia on 26 December 2018

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The book was ok, a pretty good read but I thought the ending was unsatisfactory. I know it was based on historical facts and it was interesting to read it as a factual account. The love story was a bit of a cliché, and the whole spy stuff was a bit simple, maybe it was based on the truth also. It was readable but not really exciting.

Reviewed in Australia on 10 February 2017

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Could not fault this story. It shows the average person in Australia had been taken for complete idiots.well done to expose this matter,

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Sandy Nicholls

A well researched story but with too many tangential details ...

Reviewed in Australia on 9 January 2016

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A well researched story but with too many tangential details about characters' supposed back stories and with characters whose profiles seem to be drawn from familiar stock.

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colin j

Maralinga.

Reviewed in Canada on 5 January 2020

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Judy Nunn is a master craftsman when writing about Australian life. This one tells us about the problems that innocent people face when there spiritual lands are taken from them. All for the advancement for man in modern times, or so the leaders would have us believe.

jan chisnall

Loved it.

Reviewed in the United States on 30 September 2013

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Judy Nunn has to be one of the best writers of fiction with I suspect a grain of truth running through her stories.
Maralinga is a wonderful read, with a smattering of culture throughout the story.
It flowed from chapter to chapter building up to a great ending.
I will read this again at sometime in the future.
Thanks.

Maralinga Man

I was there - later

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 June 2014

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I liked it a lot. I was there in 1963 - 64 and I was reliving my time in Maralinga and the areas written about. One Tree, Taranaki etc

The only "odd" thing about the couple is NOT marrying BEFORE going as you received "marriage allowance" plus the "far east overseas allowance" would more or less doubled my wages. So any "squaddy" worth his salt would have realised this and married before going, as I did in 1967 before a second posting.

I'd recommend this especially to those who were there.

Anne Brooke

Slow start but draws you in

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2021

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This is a very powerful book - or at least it is from about one-third in to the story which it really becomes absolutely gripping. The romance at the start between Elizabeth and Daniel leaves me cold, and I didn't really believe in it, but once Daniel is sent by the Army to Maralinga, then the intrigue really begins.

And, yes, I must admit to my shame that I'd not heard of Maralinga and the terrible things that happened there - as this novel is based around the nuclear tests that did take place in Australia during the 1950s and how they affected the indigenous population and the soldiers taking part in the tests. From that point on, I couldn't stop reading, and the mismatch between the state-of-the-art knowledge back then and what we know now is frankly horrifying and terribly poignant.

There is a series of dramatic incidents in the middle of the book and Elizabeth (by now a news journalist) travels to Australia to try to find out the truth behind what has happened. From that point, the intrigue and power-play between the various characters and who they represent becomes even stronger, until the very satisfying ending.

Whilst this is not a novel about character, that doesn't much matter as the place and the plot are the key themes here. I also very much enjoyed the sections focusing on the indigenous tribes and how they respond to what is happening in their lands. A novel to make you ponder.

Laura Nicholson

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Reviewed in Canada on 20 January 2018

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But this for my mom she loves this author. She gobbled it up in two days. The book arrived exactly on time and was in great shape as advertised.

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