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Having replaced the sunshine of his distant homeland for the mists and fogs of his new surroundings, David delves into the mysteries of an ancient continent hidden beneath a shrouded veil. The fourth volume of memoirs accompanies David Bergman on a spiritual odyssey through Europe.

Leaving Australia on board the Italian passenger liner Marconi, David disembarks in Naples at the start of a new life in Europe. Eager to discover his new surroundings, he eventually settles down in Hanover, Lower Saxony. The third volume of memoirs portrays the ocean voyage, arrival and early years of David Bergman in Europe.

Rückblickend entdeckt David das er mehr als nur seine Kindheitsträume zurückgelassen hat. Am Ufer des gewaltigen südlichen Ozeans setzt er seine Erziehung fort in einer Umgebung die ganz anders ist als sein abgeschiedenes Tal im Hinterland. Band 2 seiner Memoiren beschreibt die College und Universitätsjahre von David Bergman in der Stadt Adelaide, Südaustralien. Anschließend unternimmt er eine lange Reise durch den fünften Kontinent als Vorber...

The Hidden Valley is the first volume of memoirs on the life and travels of David Bergman. Born in South Australia's Barossa Valley, he spends his childhood in a winegrowing region colonized by German settlers who left their homeland in the nineteenth century.From earliest times it has been a valley hidden away in a vast continent. Moulded by customs and traditions from Saxony and Silesia, he grows up in surroundings transformed by Anglo-Saxon...

Arriving in Vienna one summer to begin work on what is likely to be his last symphony, a Hungarian composer and conductor settles into the Hotel Imperial in the very heart of the city. Crafted in a place breathing music, it is clear from the start his composition will have to appeal to the public if it is to have any chance of surviving.

Professor Bengt Svensson has enjoyed a comfortable life. Each summer he leaves the southern Swedish city of Lund to spend his holidays at the quiet resort of Tällberg on the shores of Lake Siljan. Here, at the Hotel Dalecarlia, he settles down to several months of painting and catching butterflies. It is midsummer and the fragrance of wild flowers is in the air while the gentle slopes are echoing with violin music. As always, he joins in the...

As the Iron Curtain opens René, an art student from East Berlin, joins crowds of people streaming through the Brandenburg Gate into West Berlin. Three days later he steers his tiny Trabi across West Germany to Paris where he hopes to begin his career as a painter. Arriving in the French capital in late autumn, he settles down on the slopes of Montmartre near the Place du Tertre where he seeks inspiration in surroundings frequented by artists....

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Badgastein / Austria Settling into a villa in the heart of the Austrian Alps, a writer hopes to find solitude and inspiration in idyllic surroundings. However, the thin mountain air soon takes its toll on his health as he struggles with an environment entirely foreign to him. Set against towering snow-covered peaks, Alpina explores the birth of a novel during the cycle of the seasons. Bronte Pech was born and educated in Australia. At the age ...

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He is tall, dark-eyed and hardly a girl can resist him. She is blonde, has blue eyes and knows how to deal with men, so the heat is on when Frisco and Lilli bump into each other in a León disco. Swedish girls are rare in this Spanish city and guys simply don't let dancers of her looks slip through their fingers. It is captivation from the start and possibly more. After holidaying in Sweden together their friendship deepens and they move into ...

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