Tiger Men

by Judy Nunn
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From the pen of master storyteller, Judy Nunn, comes another brilliant work of fiction woven into the tapestry of Australian history

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'This town is full of Tiger Men,' Dan said. 'Just look around you. The merchants, the builders, the bankers, the company men, they're all out for what they can get. This is a tiger town, Mick, a place at the bottom of the world where God turns a blind eye to pillage and plunder.'

Van Diemen's Land was an island of stark contrasts: a harsh penal colony, an English idyll for its landed gentry, and an island so rich in natural resources it was a profiteer's paradise.

Its capital, Hobart Town, had its contrasts too: the wealthy elite in their sandstone mansions, the exploited poor in the notorious slum known as Wapping, and the criminals and villains who haunted the dockside taverns and brothels of Sullivan's Cove. Hobart Town was no place for the meek.

Tiger Men is the story of Silas Stanford, a wealthy Englishman; Mick O'Callaghan, an Irishman on the run; and Jefferson Powell, an idealistic American political prisoner. It is also the story of the strong, proud women who loved them, and of the children they bore who rose to power in the cutthroat world of international trade.

Tiger Men is the sweeping saga of three families who lived through Tasmania's golden era, who witnessed the birth of Federation and who, in 1915, watched with pride as their sons marched off to fight for King and Country in The Great War.

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"Judy Nunn has written another great novel based on historical fact. Her research is thorough and impeccable and her characters, though fictional, are people who the reader can relate and empathise with...I've enjoyed other Nunn historical tales such as Heritage and Maralinga, but this is by far my favourite." - MC, Townsville Bulletin

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  1. Karen Marks0 stars

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    I have read Heritage, Kal and Maralinga author: Judy Nunn. All brilliantly written, well worth reading more than once. I always pass the books on and purchase for my aging Mother in UK. She has enjoyed each of your books. Please, keep writting. Your books make a great gift.

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