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1 3 y separately published work icon Wrestling the Dragon : In Search of the Boy Lama Who Defied China Gaby Naher , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2004 Z1151872 2004 single work biography travel This is a biography about the fifteen Karmapa Lamas of Tibet, presented in the form of a diary or dated journal by the author during her quest for information about her subjects.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Soul of Nyria : The Memory of a Past Life in Ancient Rome Rosa Praed , London : William Rider , 1931 Z218564 1931 single work non-fiction An account of mediumistic conversations which formed the basis of the novel Nyria.
3 4 y separately published work icon Nyria Rosa Praed , London : T. Fisher Unwin , 1904 Z120979 1904 single work novel

'The book relates events drawn from a series of hypnotic-trance episodes conducted over a five-year period in which her friend and constant companion, medium Nancy Harward, recounts an intimate "memoir" of a life in Rome over 1,800 years ago. What results is an incredible story within a story that traces purportedly real historical events during the first half-century after the death of Christ. The book itself, which was not published for thirty years after it was written, is now in the public domain.'

Source: Where's the Drama

1 1 y separately published work icon A Son of Perdition : An Occult Romance Fergus Hume , London : William Rider , 1912 Z1724471 1912 single work novel adventure science fiction romance

The novel is a tale of romance and the occult. Begins:

"How can any one hope to transfer that to canvas? asked the artist, surveying the many coloured earth and sky and sea with despairing eyes.

"Easily enough," replied the girl at his elbow, "those who see twice as vividly as others, can make others see once as vividly as they do. That is what we call genius."

"A large word for my small capabilities, Miss Enistor. Am I a genius?"

"Ask yourself, Mr. Hardwick, for none other than yourself can answer truly."

'Outside his special gift the artist was not over clever, so he lounged on the yielding turf of the slope to turn the speech over in his mind and wait results. This tall solidly built Saxon only arrived at conclusions by slow degrees of laborious reflection. With his straight athletic figure, closely clipped fair hair and a bronzed complexion, against which his moustache looked almost white, he resembled a soldier rather than a painter.'

1 y separately published work icon Possessed G. Firth Scott , London : William Rider , 1912 Z1417496 1912 single work novel
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