The Five Winds: A gripping Australian saga of grief and revenge
By (Author) Patricia Shaw
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
11th November 2004
7th June 2004
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823
Paperback
544
Width 110mm, Height 176mm, Spine 36mm
340g
As the luxury China Belle enters Australian waters, its passengers have little idea of the tragedy that awaits them, particularty not Mal Wilioughby, who is returning to his native land to start a new life with his Chinese wife Jun Lien. The crew, led by First Officer Jake Tussup, mutinies off the coast of Australia, taking the passengers hostage. By the time the horrific ordeal is over and the crew have escaped to the goldfields of the Palmer River, Mal's beautiful wife is dead and the lives of all the survivors have been altered for ever.
Born in Melbourne, Patricia Shaw worked as a teacher, political journalist and an oral historian, before pursuing a literary career. Her books have sold over 5.4 million copies worldwide.