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Nicole Alexander is known for her captivating descriptions of Australian life, centred around pivotal events in history. Published internationally, she has written twelve historical novels including The Australian Book Industry Award shortlisted The Bark Cutters inspired by her family history and The Last Station set during the dying days of the river boat trade on the Darling River which the Herald Sun noted as ‘a warm and uniquely Australian story’. The Limestone Road is her most recent novel.
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“The Limestone Road bears all the hallmarks of a modern Australian classic.”
Christine Wells internationally bestselling author of Sisters of the Resistance.
2025
THE LIMESTONE ROAD
Canning carries the trauma of war and a fractured memory of a terrible event, while charismatic Michael resumes his womanising ways, intent on concealing his own secret wound. The Limestone Road is a stirring narrative about one young soldier’s courageous journey ‘home’. It is a story of resilience, love, and the enduring power of dreams, expertly interwoven with historical detail and emotional depth to create a novel that will resonate long after reading.
LAUREN CHATER, Author of the beauties
In the summer of 1944 returning soldiers Canning Christie and his father Michael arrive in South Australia from the desert sands of North Africa.
"The Limestone Road is an elegant meditation on how we process and deal with our past. It’s a novel about healing and confronting the truth, about finding the courage to fight for our beliefs, even if it means leaving behind everything we know. Nicole Alexander’s exquisite prose made this book a joy to read."
THE LAST STATION
Michael Burge author of Tank Water
With the riverboat trade along the Darling River slowly dying, a once-prosperous pastoralist family fights to survive – and discovers there is a cost to love . . .
‘An enthralling, gritty adventure… Bursting with pathos, humour and folklore.
ANITA HEISS
‘Unputdownable … epitomising the great Australian novel.’
THE CEDAR TREE
She leaves behind the graves of her husband Joe and her baby daughter. She seeks answers to the questions that plague her about her marriage while hiding secrets of her own.
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In the spring of 1949, Stella O’Riain flees her home – a property on the barren edge of the Strzelecki Desert.
'Beautifully descriptive language … well researched, written with intricate detail… I didn’t want to put it down'
‘revealing and confronting, The Cedar Tree marks yet another historical fiction triumph from a true specialist in this field, Nicole Alexander.’
Mrs B’s Book Reviews
STONE COUNTRY
Queensland Times
1919. When Alastair Grant is branded a deserter after going missing during the Great War, his brother Ross is coerced into marrying Darcey Thomas to help restore the Grants’ damaged reputation.
‘A rich tapestry of complex characters, clever narrative and authentic settings woven within historical events’
Good Reading Magazine
‘A sweeping drama which displays Australia in all its glory and remoteness’
Disgusted by his manipulative family, Ross turns his back on his unwanted wife just hours after the ceremony and heads north to Australia’s last remaining wilderness, the Northern Territory.
A CHANGING LAND
R M Williams Outback Magazine
"A must read."
RIVER RUN
Paul B. Bookseller netgalley.com
“Every so often there is a historical novel set in Australia that just hits every high point that I could ask for: great setting, historical accuracy with references to politics and prejudices, characters who I connect with from the very start, and a plot that makes me want to just keep turning the pages. This is that book. No more really needs to be said. Get it. Read it. Love it.”
WILD LANDS
The Big Book Club
“Kate, is a modern day feminist… An epic novel.”
AN UNCOMMON WOMAN
nzbooklovers.co.nz
“Nicole Alexander is a talented storyteller, and it is easy to invest time in this page-turning book. Edwina is a fabulous character – at times refreshingly naïve, at other times smart and strong – and it is her journey that makes this novel worth reading, as she battles against the rigid norms of the time, wanting to find her own place in it.”
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