Author: Frank Moorhouse
Title: Dark Palace
Description: Random House - Australia 2000 Hardback, 678pp. Sequel to 'Grand Days' (1993), winner of the South Australian Premier's Award for Fiction. As with the previous book, the story centres on the fictional character of Australian Edith Campbell Berry and her involvement in the League of Nations in Geneva, this time during the 1930s as forces gather for a new world war. Based on historical events and persons, and includes fictional elements. Includes a series of historical notes and a who's who of the characters. Received the 2001 Miles Franklin Award. Author won the 1988 'Age' Book of the Year Award and the 1989 Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal for his book, 'Forty-seventeen'. (ISBN: 9780091836764). Fair.

Keywords: Australian, Fiction, Historical Fiction9780091836764 9780091836764


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