New Release Books by Patsy Trench

London, 1905. A show. A stuttering romance. Two squabbling actresses. Is it Shakespeare? Is it Vaudeville? Not quite. It is Mrs Morphett''s Macaroons, a satirical play about suffragettes which its creators - friends, colleagues and would-be lovers Robbie Robinson and Violet Graham - are preparing to mount in London''s West End. It is the play rival actresses Merry and Gaye would kill to be in, if only they hadn''t insulted the producer all those years ago. For Robbie and Violet meanwhile there are backers to be appeased, actors to be tamed and a theatre to be found; and in the midst of it all a budding romance that risks being undermined by professional differences. Never mix business with pleasure? Well - maybe, maybe not.

A collection of stories about the thorny business of love. Love in adversity: love unrequited, or unwanted; love obsessive; love unexpected; the love that makes the world go around and turns people mad. If all we need for a peaceful and happy world is to love one another, why don''t we simply do so? If love conquers everything why don''t we just sit back and wallow in it? Why does a simple thing like love have to be so complicated?

Set in Victorian and Edwardian London, The Makings of Violet Frogg tells the story of a young woman striving for independence in a country where women are not even allowed to vote.

The remarkable memoir of Prudence de Vere, good-time girl, suffragist, friend to the famous and lover of many, set in the heady days of Edwardian England and what became known as the Roaring Twenties.

The extraordinary tale of early colonial Australia as seen through the eyes of Mary Pitt and her family, who voluntarily migrated from their home in Dorset in 1801 to live in a penal colony.

The scandalous revelations of a respectable 1920s society lady and mother of three

Who''s going to be "The Money Champ"? Scrooge, Flintheart Glomgold, and a witch doctor battle it out in Carl Barks'' feature-length classic -- and an all-new Don Rosa pin-up! Three wild Christmas tales fill out the issue. In "The Madness of King Scrooge," McDuck must feign generosity for a Billionaires'' Club fundraiser. In "The Great Lot Plot," a winter swindler engages Donald to sell his rigged real estate. And in Janet Gilbert''s "Scrooge''s Workshop," Scrooge brings modern business methods to Santa''s toy factory. Ho-ho... uh-ho!

The remarkable story of the transformation of colonial Australia in the 19th century, as experienced by one of its most colourful characters - my great great grandfather George Matcham Pitt: pioneer farmer, stock and station agent, entrepreneur, mayor, orator and all-round legend.

Hidden in an attic for nearly 100 years, the secret diary of Claudia Faraday reveals the mildly scandalous adventures of a respectable 1920s society lady and mother of three, as she discovers for the first time that sex, even at her marginally advanced age, can be fun. Names have been changed to protect reputations.

Who''s going to be "The Money Champ"? Scrooge, Flintheart Glomgold, and a witch doctor battle it out in Carl Barks'' feature-length classic -- and an all-new Don Rosa pin-up! Three wild Christmas tales fill out the issue. In "The Madness of King Scrooge," McDuck must feign generosity for a Billionaires'' Club fundraiser. In "The Great Lot Plot," a winter swindler engages Donald to sell his rigged real estate. And in Janet Gilbert''s "Scrooge''s Workshop," Scrooge brings modern business methods to Santa''s toy factory. Ho-ho... uh-oh!