E V Thompson was born in London and spent nine years in the Navy before joining Bristol police. He moved to Hong Kong, then Rhodesia and had over 200 stories published before returning to England to become a full-time award-winning writer.
A looooong story! Verbose and predictable for the most part but interesting setting since I've lived in Adelaide and was familiar with the place names.
I thought this book was lovely. An easy read with a pleasant storyline. I would say the book is historical fiction and follows the lives of a handful of characters.
Found Seek a New Dawn a good read and it helped you realise just how hard it would be travelling to a new country and making new townships. Believable main characters are gently weaved together to make a story of love and new life down under.
i have now started Winds of Fortune but at the moment think it may appeal to the male audience?....... I will persevere but finding it hard going.......[don't know if I finished this!].
The themes in this book remind me much of Gwen Bristow's historical romance Calico Palace, one of my all-time favorites. Mining, emigration and romance in Seek a New Dawn take us from Cornwall to Adelaide, Australia, which, thanks to this novel, is now on my "places I want to visit" list.
I've enjoyed all of E.V. Thompson's books but felt this wasn't one of his best as it was a bit more 'lightweight' than most. However, it was still well worth reading - particularly for the background on mining both in SW England & in Australia.