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Joan O'Hagan Joan O'Hagan i(A1946 works by)
Born: Established: 1926 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 20 Mar 2014 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Jerome and His Women Joan O'Hagan , Northbridge : Black Quill Press , 2015 12034420 2015 single work novel historical fiction

'Rome, 382 AD. The Empire is fragile, the pagan beliefs that sustained it are fading. One man stirs up controversy like no other − Jerome, or St Jerome as he came to be known.

'When the Pontiff, Damasus I, commissions Jerome to translate the Bible into Latin, it is a political masterstroke. Highly intelligent and classically trained, Jerome was fluent in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic. His Latin Vulgate displaces the many alternative biblical texts and is the quintessence of Christianity as a world religion, with Rome at its centre. But his work was not his only challenge.

'Jerome is assisted by a circle of aristocratic, educated Roman women who risk their lives in the pursuit of their ideals. Chief among them is the attractive young widow Paula, as devoted to him as she is to his cause. Rumours soon circulate as his enemies plot to dispose of him once and for all ...' (Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon A Roman Death Joan O'Hagan , London : Macmillan , 1988 Z1312299 1988 single work novel crime

'Classical detective novel set in Julius Caesar's Rome.'

Source: John Loder, Australian Crime Fiction A Bibliography 1857-1993 (1994).
1 y separately published work icon Against the Grain Joan O'Hagan , London : Macmillan , 1987 Z1312296 1987 single work novel thriller

'Thriller set in the Northern territory involving a rare strain of wheat and foreign machinations.'

Source: John Loder, Australian Crime Fiction A Bibliography 1857-1993 (1994).
1 2 y separately published work icon Death and a Madonna Joan O'Hagan , London : Macmillan , 1986 Z404543 1986 single work novel crime

'Classical detective novel set in modern Italy.'

Source: John Loder, Australian Crime Fiction A Bibliography 1857-1993. (1994); 190.

Trove offers a slightly more detailed synopsis: 'A group of people is isolated in a Benedictine monastery on an Italian mountain. Violent death strikes and the strands of love, conflict and anger existing among the members of the group must be unravelled to find the truth.' (Sighted: 20/5/2014)
1 y separately published work icon Incline and Fall : The Death of Geoffrey Stretton Joan O'Hagan , London : Angus and Robertson , 1976 Z1312288 1976 single work novel crime

'Involves New Zealanders in Rome and a murder dressed as a suicide.'

Source: John Loder, Australian Crime Fiction A Bibliography 1857-1993 (1994): 190.

'A young official of the new Zealand Migration Office in Rome is found dead and investigations uncover criminal activity involving New Zealand visas.'

Source: Margaret C. Murphy, Women Writers and Australia (1988): 204.
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