Pirgos Press imprint: 6 books

Royal Mistresses of the House of Hanover-Windsor

Secrets, Scandals and Betrayals

by Susanna de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013

The genuine love match between Prince William and Kate Middleton has rekindled enthusiasm for the British monarchy. In the past, young princes reluctantly entered into arranged marriages and took mistresses. Perdita Robinson, a famous actress, was enticed from the stage with promises of money to live...

To the Ends of the Earth

Mary Gaunt, Pioneer Traveller

by Susanna de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014

Travel writer, explorer and novelist. 'Gaunts never give up', the motto of Mary's ancestor, Prince John of Gaunt (1340-1399) was quoted by Mary's father, William Gaunt, to his children. In the 1880s, Mary Gaunt was one of the first women admitted to Melbourne University. Miss Gaunt's...

Australian Heroines of World War One

Gallipoli, Lemnos and the Western Front

by Susanna de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013

Australian Heroines of World War One tells the story of eight courageous women through diaries, letters, original photos, paintings and specially drawn maps. These women had the courage and strength for which the Anzacs are renowned and the compassion and tenderness that only a woman can bring. Sister...

Blue Ribbons Bitter Bread

Joice Loch - Australia's Most Heroic Woman

by Susanna de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017

This unforgettable story has become an Australian classic describing how an Australian bush girl saved the lives of 1,000 Polish and Jewish children in a daring escape from the Nazis. This updated edition contains an important eye-witness account of the burning of Smyrna (Izmir) causing a vast number...

Trailblazers

Caroline Chisholm to Quentin Bryce

by Susanna de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015

Caroline Chisolm's hard work and determination changed the history of female migration to Australia and ensured better conditions for families on migrant ships and offered them paid work. Eliza Hawkins was a trailblazer, surviving a dangerous journey as the first European woman to cross the Blue Mountains...

Royal Marriages

Diana, Camilla, Kate & Meghan and princesses who did not live happily ever after

by Susanna de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018

Those who enjoyed the TV series The Crown will enjoy this entertaining and well-researched book which fills in the background to centuries of arranged royal marriages and the arcane rules that governed them. For centuries marriages of princes could only take place to virginal Protestant princesses....
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