The Touch Av Colleen Mccullough

<p><b><i>Let <u>international bestselling author Colleen McCullough</u> sweep you away with this enthralling, evocative and emotional saga of one woman''s quest to come to terms with a new life. If you like Victoria Hislop, Lucinda Riley and Fiona Valpy, you''ll love this!</i></b><br><b><br>''Fast-moving and immensely readable... Back to the open spaces, merciless climate and sheer pioneering stance of the magical THE THORN BIRDS, this book is a page turner from start to finish'' -- Maeve Binchy</b><br><b>''A compelling, passionate and gritty saga that was well worth the wait'' -- <i>She</i></b><br><b>''A powerful saga'' -- <i>Mirror</i></b><br><b>''Absorbing'' -- <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b><br><b>''I could put this book down. I was consumed with it'' -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b>''This book is utterly compelling and quite simply, I loved it. I wanted to finish it, but, didn''t want it to end. Beautifully written, descriptive passages. A truly Master author. Thank you'' -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b>''One of the best reads I''ve had in years'' -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b>''Thoroughly loved this book, I was hooked from the first page!'' -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b><br>**********************************************************************</b><br><b>Alexander Kinross</b> is remembered in his native <b>Scotland</b> only as a shiftless boilermaker''s apprentice. But when he writes from <b>Australia</b> to summon his bride, his relatives realize he is now a man to be reckoned with.<br><br>Arriving in <b>Sydney</b> after a difficult voyage, sixteen-year-old <b>Elizabeth Drummond</b> meets her husband-to-be and discovers that he frightens and repels her.<br><br>Isolated in Alexander''s great house, Elizabeth finds that marriage does not prompt her husband to enlighten her about his past life - nor his present one, in which his mistress, the sensuous, tough, outspoken <b>Ruby Costevan</b>, still plays a part...<br><br><b>Will she be able to forge a happy new life in this new world?</b></p>