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The unhistoric story, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman

Posted on September 1, 2011 by NZ Books

Tupaia: The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook’s Polynesian Navigator Joan Druett Random House, $55.00, ISBN 9781869793869 One of the great virtues of Joan Druett’s style of historical writing in this extensive reassessment of Tupaia’s role in Pacific history, is…

Tagged with: Issue 95, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Joan Druett, Random House, Spring 2011
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review

Women detecting, Margaret Scott

Posted on March 1, 1993 by NZ Books

Murder at the Brian Boru Joan Druett, Harper Collins, $19.95 Backtrack Carol Dawber, River Press, $16.95 These two books have some similarities but more, and greater, differences. Both are murder mysteries set in New Zealand with a woman observer/ solver.…

Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Carol Dawber, Harper Collins, Issue 8, Joan Druett, Margaret Scott, River Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review