La storia dei Cleary inizia ai primi del Novecento e abbraccia più di un cinquantennio, nel grandioso scenario naturale dell'Australia. Gli anni consumano le vite in una vicenda di sentimenti e passioni, di fede e amore, sulla quale si stende grave e inesorabile il senso della giustizia divina. I personaggi, soprattutto le memorabili figure femminili, tenere e orgogliose, vanno incontro al destino come gli uccelli di rovo della leggenda australiana, che cercano le spine con cui si danno la morte. Un libro di memorabili emozioni diventato un bestseller mondiale che fece scalpore sul finire degli anni settanta e ancora oggi rimane nell'immaginario collettivo con una rara forza narrativa.

Elizabeth, Lydia, Kitty, Jane e la più giovane, Mary: le sorelle Bennet, indimenticabili protagoniste di "Orgoglio e pregiudizio", che hanno fatto sognare generazioni di lettrici. A vent'anni dall'epilogo del romanzo di Jane Austen, le ritroviamo mogli alle prese con il tempo che passa, tra mariti devoti o distratti, e figli. Tutte, ma non Mary; lei, la più docile e riservata tra le sorelle, ha trascorso più di un decennio al capezzale di una madre capricciosa e malata. La morte di quest'ultima sarà quindi per lei, improvvisamente sola e libera, l'occasione per sfidare convenzioni e affrontare le sue paure più profonde, diventando protagonista di un'avventura imprevedibile e appassionante, quanto la vita stessa.

Quando Giulio Cesare muore, le sorti di Roma vengono capovolte: l'erede designato a succedergli alla guida dell'Impero non è il valoroso Marco Antonio, come tutti si aspettavano, ma il giovane Ottaviano, condottiero scaltro e affascinante. L'ultima arma rimasta a Marco Antonio per risollevare il suo onore è la conquista del ricco regno dei Parti, e per riuscire in questa impresa può contare sull'aiuto di un alleato, tra i più potenti al mondo: Cleopatra, la regina d'Egitto. Al comando di un regno dalle risorse illimitate e di una ricchezza straordinaria, ambiziosa e politicamente molto scaltra, Cleopatra vuole vedere sul trono di Roma il figlio avuto da Cesare. Tra lei e Marco Antonio nasce un'intesa strategica, che presto però si trasforma in una passione irrefrenabile. Un amore leggendario e travolgente che rischia di distruggere molte vite e regni, consumando l'ambizione di uomini e donne.

Può la bellezza di una donna infiammare l'odio tra due popoli, dar vita alla più nota guerra di tutti i tempi - quella fra Achei e Troiani - e condurre una c ttà alla rovina? Sì, se la bellissima giovane è Elena, moglie di re Menelao, che decide di scappare insieme al principe troiano Paride. Le vicende dell'"Iliade" omerica sono note a tutti, ma sicuramente meno conosciuti sono i moti dell'animo che agitano e guidano i suoi personaggi. Nel "Canto di Troia" Colleen McCullough dà loro voce, e l'alternarsi dei loro racconti arricchisce di sfumature e passione una storia immortale: dal potente Agamennone a Cassandra, la sua amante veggente, da Ulisse, artefice del noto inganno per espugnare la città e poi condannato a navigare l'Egeo per venti lunghi anni, fino al coraggioso e invincibile Achille, tormentato dall'ombra divina della madre Teti. E ancora Ettore, Aiace, Patroclo e Briseide. Un sorprendente intreccio sospeso tra realtà e leggenda, ambientato in un mondo dove amore, orgoglio, vendetta e dolore muovono uomini e dèi verso un inesorabile destino.

Colleen McCullough’s new, romantic Australian novel about four unforgettable sisters taking their places in life during the tumultuous years after World War I is “just as epic as her ultra-romantic classic,The Thorn Birds” (Marie Claire).

Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close as can be. Yet each of these vivacious young women has her own dream for herself: Edda wants to be a doctor, Grace wants to marry, Tufts wants never to marry, and Kitty wishes to be known for something other than her beauty. They are famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, wit, and ambition, but as they step into womanhood at the beginning of the twentieth century, life holds limited prospects for them.

Together they decide to enroll in a training program for nurses—a new option for women of their time. As the Latimer sisters become immersed in hospital life and the demands of their training, each must make weighty decisions about love, career, and what she values most. The results are sometimes happy, sometimes heartbreaking, but always…bittersweet.

Set against the background of a young and largely untamed nation, “filled with humor, insight, and captivating historical detail, McCullough’s latest is a wise and warm tribute to family, female empowerment, and her native land” (People).

"It's August 1969 in the sleepy college town of Holloman, Connecticut, and police Captain Carmine Delmonico is away on vacation. Back at home, first one, then two anonymous male corpses turn up--emaciated and emasculated. Sergeant Delia Carstairs and Lieutenant Abe Goldberg connect the victims to four other bodies, and suddenly they realize Holloman has a psychopathetic killer on the loose. Luckily Carmine decides to come back from vacation early. Carmine's team begins to circle a trio of eccentrics living on a beautiful estate; they readily admit to knowing all the victims, but their stories keep changing. They share a dark past, family ties, and painful memories. One of them is a woman who has recently become a friend of Delia's, along with another woman who is the respected head of the insane asylum. She has done groundbreaking work rehabilitating one very difficult patient who is now her most trusted assistant. The three women met while rescuing a cat from a tree, and now they find they share a love of intelligent conversation and their enjoyment of living the single life. When a gas station attendant is viciously murdered, and then Carmine barely escapes being next in the body count, it becomes apparent that Holloman has two killers at large with two completely different modus operandi. Suddenly the summer isn't so sleepy any more"--

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, Grace won’t be told what to do, and Kitty wishes to be known for something other than her beauty. They are famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, wit, and ambition, but as they step into womanhood, they are not enthusiastic about the limited prospects life holds for them.

Together they decide to enroll in a training program for nurses—a new option for women of their time, who have previously been largely limited to the role of wives, and preferably mothers. As the Latimer sisters become immersed in hospital life and the demands of their training, they meet people and encounter challenges that spark new maturity and independence. They meet men from all walks of life—local farmers, their professional colleagues, and even men with national roles and reputations—and each sister must make weighty decisions about what she values most. The results are sometimes happy, sometimes heartbreaking, but always . . . bittersweet.

Rendered with McCullough’s trademark historical accuracy, this dramatic coming of age tale is wise in the ways of the human heart, one that will transport readers to a time in history that feels at once exotic and yet not so very distant from our own.

In August 1969, Captain Carmine Delmonico, Sergeant Delia Carstairs, and Lieutenant Abe Goldberg must stop two psychopathic killers with completely different modus operandi who are linked to a mental hospital in the sleepy college town of Holloman, Connecticut.

In August 1969, Captain Carmine Delmonico, Sergeant Delia Carstairs, and Lieutenant Abe Goldberg must stop two psychopathic killers with completely different modus operandi who are linked to a mental hospital in the sleepy college town of Holloman, Connecticut.

The fourth entry in this “compelling, passionate, and gritty” (Daily Mail, UK) series by internationally acclaimed bestselling author Colleen McCullough sends Carmine Delmonico on a heart-pounding ride through the world of toxic substances and brilliant biochemists to pursue a mysterious killer on the loose.

When Chubb University biochemist Millie Hunter notices that a deadly neurotoxin is missing from her laboratory refrigerator, she knows the situation is grave: the poison, extracted from a blowfish, shuts down the nervous system, leading to a slow, gruesome, and virtually unstoppable death.

The very next night, Millie and her husband, another exceptional biochemist, attend a black tie dinner for an old friend, John Hall. John’s stepmother, an exotic former Yugoslavian model, has assembled some of the most important—and eccentric—people from Chubb University for a lavish dinner. Notably missing is John’s Aunt Emily, who holds an old family grudge. After dinner, the men retire for cigars and whiskey, and John suddenly falls to the floor and dies a horrible death. The cause: a dose of the missing neurotoxin, administered through a tiny puncture wound in his neck.

As the bodies pile up and the coroner keeps pointing to the neurotoxin, Captain Carmine Delmonico must find the killer fast. Assisted by his brilliant colleague Delia and his constant wife Desdemona (an excellent cook), Delmonico follows the trail—no matter how close to home it may lead.

Ciara O'Dwyer is a young woman raising a daughter alone in the Five Points slums of 1870; Johnny McCormack is a struggling actor drawn to the nascent folk music movement in Greenwich Village 1960; and Lewis Healy is a successful Irishman who's come to present-day Manhattan on his wife's anniversary-present promise to reveal the connection between him and them. The mystery originates with Ciara's runaway husband, who disappeared after promising to join her in America, and carries into midcentury when Johnny, devastated by an unexpected romance and a lost shot at musical fame, gets a supernatural visitor

Geniale uomo di stato, eroico condottiero, splendido oratore ma anche dissipatore, volubile, gran seduttore, calcolatore astuto e cinico: questo il ritratto ricco di luci e ombre di Giulio Cesare, primo e unico dittatore a vita nella storia di Roma, suo padrone assoluto, al punto che dopo di lui "Cesare" divenne sinonimo di imperatore. Gli anni considerati nel saggio sono quelli densi di eventi che vanno dal 70 al 58 a.C., in cui Cesare, prima di partire per la Gallia, s'impone gradualmente sull'insidiosa scena politica e prepara la sua irresistibile ascesa.

A searing scientific murder mystery packed with heartpounding twists

America in 1968 is in turmoil, and the leafy Holloman suburb of Carew is being silently terrorized by a series of vicious and systematic rapes. When finally one victim finds the courage to speak out and go to the police, the rapist escalates to murder.

For Captain Carmine Delmonico, it seems to be a case with no clues. And it comes as the Holloman Police Department is troubled: a lieutenant is out of his depth, a sergeant is out of control, and into this mix comes the beautiful, ruthlessly ambitious new trainee, Helen MacIntosh, daughter of the influential president of Chubb University.

As the killer makes his plans, Carmine and his team must use every resource at their disposal---including a highly motivated neighborhood watch, the Gentlemen Walkers.

One of the most beloved novels of all time, Colleen McCullough's magnificent saga of dreams, struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian outback has enthralled readers the world over. The Thorn Birds is a chronicle of three generations of Clearys?an indomitable clan of ranchers carving lives from a beautiful, hard land while contending with the bitterness, frailty, and secrets that penetrate their family. It is a poignant love story, a powerful epic of struggle and sacrifice, a celebration of individuality and spirit. Most of all, it is the story of the Clearys' only daughter, Meggie, and the haunted priest, Father Ralph de Bricassart?and the intense joining of two hearts and souls over a lifetime, a relationship that dangerously oversteps sacred boundaries of ethics and dogma.

• A devoted following: Since her early success with The Thorn Birds, McCullough has proved herself popular in any genre. Whether she’s writing about a Roman emperor, Mr. Darcy, or an American detective, her fans know they can expect an entertaining page-turner.

• Brilliant characterization: As always, McCullough’s characters have depth and complexity. The well-loved cast of On,Off, including the newly married Carmine and Desdemona, returns in Too Many Murders, along with a new set of charismatic heroes and villains.

• Rich, historical detail: McCullough’s prowess as an historical novelist is in evidence as she paints a rich portrait of a quintessential New England university town during the 1960s. From the stately buildings of the campus to the town’s greasy diner, from gender politics to Cold War tensions, McCullough brings to life a period that many of her readers remember.

• Murder in a small town: Twelve murders have taken place on one day. All are different, and no victim is connected to any of the others. At the same time, Delmonico finds himself pitted against the mysterious Ulysses, a spy giving armaments secrets to the Russians. Are the murders and espionage somehow linked?

The best-selling author of The Thorn Birds presents a sequel to Pride and Prejudice that finds the willful third Bennet sister setting out in her late 30s in pursuit of adventure while her sisters worry about her at home. Reprint.

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A sweeping epic of ancient Rome from the #1 bestselling author of The Thorn Birds

In this breathtaking follow-up to The October Horse, Colleen McCullough turns her attention to the legendary romance of Antony and Cleopatra, and in this timeless tale of love, politics, and power, proves once again that she is the best historical novelist of our time.

Caesar is dead, and Rome is, again, divided. Lepidus has retreated to Africa, while Antony rules the opulent East, and Octavian claims the West, the heart of Rome, as his domain. Though this tense truce holds civil war at bay, Rome seems ripe for an emperor -- a true Julian heir to lay claim to Caesar's legacy. With the bearing of a hero, and the riches of the East at his disposal, Antony seems poised to take the prize. Like a true warrior-king, he is a seasoned general whose lust for power burns alongside a passion for women, feasts, and Chian wine. His rival, Octavian, seems a less convincing candidate: the slight, golden-haired boy is as controlled as Antony is indulgent and as cool-headed and clear-eyed as Antony is impulsive. Indeed, the two are well matched only in ambition.

And though politics and war are decidedly the provinces of men in ancient Rome, women are adept at using their wits and charms to gain influence outside their traditional sphere. Cleopatra, the ruthless, golden-eyed queen, welcomes Antony to her court and her bed but keeps her heart well guarded. A ruler first and a woman second, Cleopatra has but one desire: to place her child on his father, Julius Caesar's, vacant throne. Octavian, too, has a strong woman by his side: his exquisite wife, raven-haired Livia Drusilla, who learns to wield quiet power to help her husband in his quest for ascendancy. As the plot races toward its inevitable conclusion -- with battles on land and sea -- conspiracy and murder, love and politics become irrevocably entwined.

McCullough's knowledge of Roman history is detailed and extensive. Her masterful and meticulously researched narrative is filled with a cast of historical characters whose motives, passions, flaws, and insecurities are vividly imagined and expertly drawn. 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.

New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough returns us to an age of magnificent triumphs, volcanic passions, and barbaric cruelties.

Throughout the Western world, great kingdoms have fallen and despots lay crushed beneath the heels of Rome's advancing legions. But now internal rebellion threatens the stability of the mighty Republic. An aging, ailing Gaius Marius, heralded conqueror of Germany and Numidia, longs for that which was prophesied many years before: an unprecedented seventh consulship of Rome. It is a prize to be won only through treachery and with blood, pitting Marius against a new generation of assassins, power-seekers, and Senate intriguers—and setting him at odds with the ambitious, tormented Lucius Cornelius Sulla, once Marius's most trusted right-hand man, now his most dangerous rival.