A Bitter Harvest
About this ebook
William Patterson is a wealthy ambitious politician with a scandalous past. Elizabeth is his beloved daughter, beautiful and headstrong. Stefan Muller is a poor German migrant seeking a better life in Australia.
As a young nation comes of age, these three lives collide igniting an epic tale of political manoeuvring, prejudice wrought by war, love and loss - a sweeping saga that traverses the bright lights of Sydney, the battlefields of Europe, and the picturesque Barossa Valley.
Peter Yeldham’s first historical novel, A Bitter Harvest, expertly weaves fictional characters into the tapestry of actual events in Australia and the world in the early part of the 20th century.
About the author
Peter Yeldham’s extensive writing career began with short stories and radio scripts. He spent 20 years in England becoming a leading screenwriter for films and television, also writing plays for the theatre including Birds on the Wing and Fringe Benefits, which ran for over two years in Paris.
Returning to Australia he won numerous awards for mini-series among them 1915, Captain James Cook, The Alien Years, All the Rivers Run, The Timeless Land and Heroes. His adaptation of Bryce Courtenay’s Jessica won a Logie Award for best mini-series.
Also by Peter Yeldham - Above the Fold, Dragons in the Forest, The Last Double Sunrise and Barbed Wire and Roses.
