January 1900‚ and Australia′s tropical north just got a little hotter.
An outbreak of plague is suspected‚ and the Queensland Government sends Dr Alfred Jefferis Turner − small‚ refined and immaculately dressed − to assess the situation. Turner‚ armed with a microscope‚ a butterfly net and his lovelorn yet devout colleague‚
Dr Linford Row‚ is met with incredulity‚ not least by local councillors who insist it′s only typhoid. Fifty−two possible plague−carriers − including two prominent MPs − are isolated in a dilapidated quarantine station on Magnetic Island. Meanwhile‚ in town‚ the sewers overflow‚ the streets choke with rubbish; and still no−one wants to listen.
When Dr Row delivers a letter from one of the quarantined men to his hauntingly beautiful wife‚ he ensnares both himself and the eccentric Dr Turner in a hotbed of small−town scandal and fear.
Written with wit and wonder‚ Affection uncovers a unique period in Australian history. A novel based on a true story of shonky politics‚ courageous medicos‚ and humidity‚ it′s also a mystery of heart and mind.
Ian Townsend
Affection
$24.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
January 1900‚ and Australia′s tropical north just got a little hotter.
An outbreak of plague is suspected‚ and the Queensland Government sends Dr Alfred Jefferis Turner − small‚ refined and immaculately dressed − to ... Buy or find out more →
The Devil's Eye
$27.99 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
It is 1899‚ and one of the fiercest storms in history is brewing −− a hurricane named Mahina.
To a remote part of the Queensland coast come the hundreds of sails of the northern pearling fleets‚ and a native police... Buy or find out more →