Ghosts, mysteries, adventure, romance, intrigue ... my Australian story all in a page turning non-fiction book (or e-book)!

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* How did I get to live for six romantic months in New Jersey with a beautiful school teacher I'd never met?
* What happened?
* How did I come to be living in a small Italian alpine village with an Italian nurse - enjoying a guided tour of Rome, Venice, Sienna, Florence, Milan & Sanremo on the Italian Riviera?
* What happened?
* What was the fate of an English Naval Lieutenant when his ship the 'Lady Nelson' was stormed by weapon-wielding Maoris in 1805?
* How did the true mystery fall into my lap?
* Who were my ancestors from 200 years ago who were servants and bedmakers at the colleges in Oxford, England?
* What was the secret they took to the grave?
* What did they know that could have shed light on the mystery I was investigating?
* Who was the Australian Governor escourted back to England to be Court Marshaled?
* How did I come to be living in Regency England with an Oxford History of Arts Major as my guide?
* What were Florence's secret family messages?
* What was Dr Desailly's secret?
* Who but a student of Australian history has ever heard of Australia's only military coup?
* What was Tim's secret?
* What happened to the British convict who escaped from a small settlement inside Port Philip Bay, Australia, when he fell into the hands of the local aborigines?
* Who was secretly married to the Prince of Wales, George, in 1785?
* Was there a cover-up to hide the identity of their children?
* Who was Granny Fitz, just one of Florence's ghost mysteries?
* Since she turned out not to be her real granny, as Florence had imagined, then who was she?
* How did I come to be living in a friend's leaky old caravan parked in the Aussie bush for 5 years, homeless, unemployed and penniless?
* How did I survive?
* What happened?
* What did a psychic channel from New Jersey tell me about the mystery?
* Did her hint of a bomb scare at London's Heathrow Airport come true?
* Where did I find Italy in the Aussie bush?
* Why did the Italians and Swiss come to Australia in the mid 1800s in their thousands?
* What was the mystery of the 'Mary Ann'?
* Why did I end up sleeping overnight at Chicago Airport?
* Did I find Goldilocks sleeping upstairs in the Three Bears' Cottage?
* Did a monkey spirit really raise my spirits?

In a rare limited edition book published 40 years ago by a bookshop in Tasmania, Australia, I find a reference to a doctor and his wife who arrived in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), from England in the early days of settlement under suspicious circumstances. It was believed they were persuaded to leave their homeland on a life pension, to silence them because of what they knew about King George III - the one who lost the American War of Independence - a secret that could have changed the whole course of history.

Meanwhile my mother decides to research her family tree. She uncovers three secret messages passed down through the family with clues to a mystery which, incredibly, could throw some light on the doctor's secret.

Then I too become caught up in the drama which unfolds even as I write the story of my own adventures of the past 10 years, of bankruptcy and my struggle to survive living in a friend's old caravan parked by the roadside in the Aussie bush.

My story moves between the present and the past for the first half of the book and eventually merges into one. There are other historical personages who, although relatively unknown, played significant roles on the world stage some 200 years ago, unsung heroes who have stories which need to be told. Fascinating stories emerge of early links with the Australian aborigines and the New Zealand Maori.

Then unexpectedly I'm off to New York for a meeting with a beautiful school teacher where I live for six romantic months. Then I'm in Regency England following the mystery. Some time later my story has me in Northern Italy living for four months with an Italian nurse with the voice of Sophia Loren. I find I've come full circle and everything falls into place to suggest a shocking conclusion to a mystery just begging to be told.

Throughout the book I share with the reader my experiences and my ongoing adventure even as events occur. Along the way clues and new leads emerge, often as I'm writing my story, as if this is a mystery that wants to be solved. Now and again strange events and spiritual happenings surface, Shirley MacLaine style. Even my time in the United States and Italy take on a greater significance within the wider context of the story that I hadn't even imagined at the time.

'The Ghost of Granny Fitz: A True Romantic Mystical Mystery Adventure'.

Preface
Dr Desailly's Secret
The Actress and the Prince
The Ghost of Granny Fitz
The Courtesan and the Catholic Widow
Florence's Family Secret
The Secret Marriage
The Mystery of the 'Mary Ann'
The Lieutenant Without a Past
The End of the Road
The 'Lady Nelson' Affair
The Three Bears' Cottage
Chief Ti-Pahi and the Maori Episode
An Angel Appears
Bligh Rocks the Boat
Italy in the Aussie Bush
Insurrection
A Pocketful of Miracles
Mutiny (Again)
An Unexpected Turn of Events
Back in Old England
What am I Doing in New York?
Out on a Limb
How Did I Get to England?
Endings and Beginnings
The Sailor King
What am I Doing in the North of Italy?
The Tasmanian Mystery
Mystery Solved?
Appendix A: The Purpose of Life
Appendix B: Tim's Secret

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After a career in advertising, working as a copywriter and Creative Director for a number of Melbourne advertising agencies then in my own freelance business, I now write from home on the Internet. 'Vow of Silence' is my first book which I've self-published. I live alone in a small seaside fishing village famous for its mussel farms and annual Mussel Festival and Celtic Festival, just across the bay from Melbourne, close to my two daughters and two adorable grand-daughters. I am the author of both this lens (and 85 others) and the book. To read my other lenses click on 'aussiescribe' at the top right corner of this page.

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