Book description
In the grandest wedding the small western plains town of Bathurst has
ever seen, Eve Herman, without position or money, is marrying John
Stuart Wakeman, one of the richest, most influential men in the land.
Before their wedding day is over Australia's most wanted man, the
bushranger Alan Fletcher, will have held up their coach and altered all
their lives... Alan Fletcher: aristocrat and Royal Naval Captain,
wrongly convicted of murder and transported to New South Wales for life.
Eve Herman: American orphan, abandoned in Sydney town and left to
survive by her wits and courage. John Stuart Wakeman: the owner of
fabled Mayfield, Australia's largest and most prosperous cattle
property. Mayfield is their story: from the streets of Southampton to
the vast bush country of New South Wales and across the world to the
city of old Boston, USA. Joy Chambers utilised her love of history by
beginning to write historical novels during her successful acting career
in Australia. Over a dozen years on she continues to tell her stories
and combines her writing with her business life as chairman of a group
of companies owned along with her husband. Joy says, 'My life is in the
entertainment business. A skilfully written book can be read on many
levels but it should always entertain... I attempt to do that.'
