![]() ![]() ![]() The first Montmaray book, A Brief History of Montmaray, won a NSW Premiers Literary Award and was listed in the American Library Associations 2010 Best Books for Young Adults. ![]() But the main thing is that he claims he’s the only one who can save Britain from war.” “By letting Hitler do whatever he wants,” I said, disgusted. 1969) Michelle Cooper is the author of The Rage of Sheep and The Montmaray Journals trilogy. He promises to get rid of the idle rich when he’s talking to unemployed miners up north, then he vows to abolish the Communists and trade unions when he’s talking to his fellow idle rich. And he’s careful to say exactly what his audience wants to hear. But for people without much education, with badly paid, backbreaking jobs-or no jobs at all-it must sound wonderful. When she receives a journal for her sixteenth birthday, Sophie decides to chronicle day-to-day life on the island. None of his ideas would actually work, and half of them contradict the other half. “There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.”Sophie Fitzosborne lives in a crumbling castle in the tiny island kingdom of Montmaray with her eccentric and impoverished royal family. Industry will be more efficient, there’ll be jobs for all, workers will get paid more for working less, education and health care will be freely available. Everything will become perfect the moment he takes over. “So, it’s just having a charismatic leader, that’s all there is to their popularity?” “It’s also what he promises. ![]()
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