James Talbot
James Talbot graduated from the University of Western Australia and, later, Murdoch University with a determination to discover more of his country's shadow history. "Despite an unpromising start in 1788, still thought of by many as nothing more than a squalid penal colony, ours has always been a nation of high achievers," he says. The Devil to Pay is the third instalment of a multi-storied saga spanning 1787 to the Bicentennial Year 1988. "And no only within Australia," he adds, "but also...See more
James Talbot graduated from the University of Western Australia and, later, Murdoch University with a determination to discover more of his country's shadow history. "Despite an unpromising start in 1788, still thought of by many as nothing more than a squalid penal colony, ours has always been a nation of high achievers," he says. The Devil to Pay is the third instalment of a multi-storied saga spanning 1787 to the Bicentennial Year 1988. "And no only within Australia," he adds, "but also wherever Australian men and women have made their mark around the globe during these two astonishing centuries..." See less