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Moira Taylor

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I was born in New Zealand but have lived more of my life in Britain, four years in Bristol and thirty-eight in London. After graduation from the University of Canterbury, and a brief time on the Christchurch Star newspaper, I came to London with my husband. I was fortunate to work with the New Zealand Press Association before having my first child. We returned to New Zealand in 1974 and after a second child I returned to full-time work as an editor and marketing officer for Whitcoulls Publishing in Christchurch. My husband, a paediatrician, accepted a research and clinical job in Bristol in 1981 and we returned to England to settle here. In 1990, after some years as a freelancer in the publishing industry, I accepted a full-time job with Ro ...more

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Sailors, Settlers & Sinners: The Hall Family in Hull and New Zealand, 1795-1907

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Sailors, Settlers & Sinners: The Hall family in Hull and New Zealand, 1795-1907How funny. I'm back here, again in October 2026 but some years on, to say I've altered my Introduction to Sailors,
Settlers & Sinners to bring it up-to-date with the current mood and released a revised edition.

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The Red Emperor

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