Chris Craig: 6 books

The wreck of the Catterthun remains one of the most dramatic and tragic episodes in the maritime history of New South Wales. This book places the drama in the context of 1895, bringing to life the Sydney of Banjo Paterson and the Push. It follows the Catterthun’s last voyage and reconstructs the...

The popular Tomorrow Series by John Marsden raises the spectre of an invaded Australia. Noah’s Ark sets out to examine the questions raised by this proposition.Under what circumstances could such a thing occur? What international upheavals and geo-political manoeuvres would need to take place for...

The Mycenaeans occupied Greece and dominated their region for a thousand years. They famously conquered Troy. They built splendid palaces and constructed massive walls to protect their wealth.Then, mysteriously, within a few short years, the Mycenaean citadels fell, their palaces burned and their...

Check out the new version with links in each chapter to the THOT Companion web_book: maps, images and links to enhance your THOT experience!But, about the story:In her conquest of the Italian Peninsula, Rome had become a monster. She needed fresh conquests regularly, if only to pay for...

‘The Son’ follows Hannibal’s career from his service in Spain as a cavalry commander, through his elevation to General and the implementation of his father’s plan to attack across the Alps in response to a declaration of war by the Romans. Hannibal is portrayed, not as a heroic leader obsessed...

Hamish McCallum fought in the battle of Waterloo; one of the Gordon Highlanders. Wounded, he survived, only to fall victim to the economic and social upheavals sweeping Scotland in the nineteenth century. His son, Dougal, takes his young family to seek a life in the new world.Lithgow is a portrait...