Mayfield Chambers BCA

by Joy Chambers

In the grandest wedding the small western plains town of Bathurst has ever seen, Eve Herman, without position or money, is marrying John Stuart Wakeman, one of the richest, most influential men in the land. Before their wedding day is over Australia's most wanted man, the bushranger Alan Fletcher, will have held up their coach and altered all their lives...Alan aristocrat and Royal Naval Captain, wrongly convicted of murder and transported to New South Wales for life. Eve American orphan, abandoned in Sydney town and left to survive by her wits and courage. John Stuart the owner of fabled Mayfield, Australia's largest and most prosperous cattle property. Mayfield is their from the streets of Southampton to the vast bush country of New South Wales and across the world to the city of old Boston, USA.

Hardcover

First published September 10, 1992

About the author

Joy Chambers was an author, company chairman and a business woman, born in 1947. In 1990 she began writing; this could have been called her fifth career, for until that time she had combined actor and television panelist with that of business partner and wife of media mogul, Reg Grundy. A lover of history and never idle, Joy wrote Fact-Based Fiction.

She began her television career in Australia and won Logie Awards for her performances in the 1970s; (think Emmys and Baftas) appearing in numerous Australian productions including the international hit Neighbours in which she played the role of Rosemary Daniels. At its height Neighbours was seen in 76 countries.

In the early years of her career Joy wrote for numerous Grundy shows and worked as a production assistant on others, taking her place beside the man who was to become her husband, Dr. Reg Grundy AC OBE, and playing an important part in those years of expansion of the Grundy Worldwide phenomenon. In 1985 she was elected to the board of Grundy Worldwide, at that time the largest independent television production and distribution company in the world with local production companies in over 20 countries on 5 continents.

In 1995 Joy Chambers and Reg Grundy created RG Capital, a private group of entities with principal interests in media, the entertainment sector and advertising. Chambers was chairman of RG Capital Holdings Ltd. Joy still held close links with her home-town of Ipswich Queensland being the Patron of the Ipswich Poetry Feast as well as Ipswich's Honorary International Ambassador.

Joy’s decision to write came after years of reading the classics. An amateur historian and with a family background in history - her brother, a PhD has written numerous histories – it was natural for Joy to write historical fact-based fiction.

Joy relished the research she did on her books and says: 'My life is in the entertainment business. A skilfully written book can be read on many levels but it should always entertain… I attempt to do that.'
Joy & Reg lived in Bermuda with their Shetland sheep-dogs....

Reviews

[David Keal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I grew up watching Joy Chambers on tv, so when I saw her book on the shelf I had to read it! Wow, I’m so glad it did. An epic tale of 19th century Australia which had me barely able to put down this book.
It wasn’t an effort to pick up the book and read, the story flowed from the pages in graphic detail, clear images, perfectly described.
I will be buying all the other books she’s written now, I think she might be my new favourite author!
A joy to read this book, I didn’t want it to end!

[Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this 804 page book in 2 days, because I couldn't put it down. A truly satisfying read.

[Nadia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another epic novel by this newly discovered (well by me anyway) author! A grand tale of bush rangers & the corrupt police system of Australia in the 1800's! One cried out to the characters, noooo & became completely immersed & transported back to that era! Over 750 pages of unputadownable reading!

[Leanne Hacking · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had me spellbound from beginning to end. I loved the characters. Had I known about this author sooner, I could have read all her books by now. Well done, Joy Chambers.