Lynette Silver
Australian historian and author
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| Intro | Australian historian and author | |
| A.K.A. | Lynette Ramsay Silver | |
| A.K.A. | Lynette Ramsay Silver | |
| Places | Australia | |
| is | Author Historian | |
| Work field | Literature Social science | |
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Biography
Lynette Ramsay Silver (born 1945) is an Australian historian and author. She has written a number of books dealing with Australian history. In particular many of her works deal with military history.
Career
Her first book, "The Battle of Vinegar Hill" was published in 1989, dealing with the Irish Castle Hill convict rebellion of 1804. In 1998 her book "Sandakan - A Conspiracy of Silence" was published, regarding the Sandakan Death Marches of World War II and the coverup of a failed mission to rescue the allied prisoners. In 2004 "The Bridge at Palit Sulong" was published about a 1942 massacre of allied prisoners by Japanese soldiers.
Personal life
She is married and has two children and three grandchildren.
Books
- The Battle of Vinegar Hill (1989)
- My Ballet Book (1992)
- Flowercraft (1995)
- Papercraft: Paper-Making & Paper-MacHe (1995)
- Making...Friendship Bands/Book and Thread (1995)
- Sandakan: A Conspiracy of Silence (1998)
- The Bridge at Palit Sulong (2004)
- Marcel Caux - A Life Unravelled (2005)
- Deadly Secrets (2010)
- Blood Brothers (2010)
- In The Mouth Of The Tiger (2014)
- The Heroes of Rimau: Unravelling the Mystery of One of World War II's Most Daring Raids (2014)