Jj Barrie: 5 books

Da Vinci's Mona Lisa – the most famous icon in the art world – was stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911 and again in 1986. The Lady made headline news everywhere. The truth behind this endearing painting... and her smile. The compelling story of the intrigue surrounding the robbery of...

The young boys had nowhere to go, no one to trust. Victims at twelve, they could not comprehend the systematic abuse and excruciating pain. They cried until there were no more tears left... The engrossing story of priests, paedophilia and murder could be anywhere where institutions have...

MEYER NECKLACE STOLEN The Diamond Exhibition at the British Geological Museum was today after the robbery of the priceless Meyer Necklace... A Scotland Yard spokesman would not comment on the investigation except to say that various lines of enquiry were being explored... She centred the White...

It was not really a choice – starve, emigrate or be transported! Face death by drowning, disease or fire. Steal a loaf of bread and hang or be transported to the same colonies anyway… but in chains. The Emigrants: The Brothers Five is the thrilling tale of the brutality and cruelty of life...

Transport and the tyranny of distance was the real problem for the colony of New South Wales.Distance limited the how far wheat, the most valuable of the farm crops, could be transported but it was generally no more than thirty or forty miles. Cattle, fattened on the lush pastures of the coastal ranges,...