William Stuart Long

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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1979
  • Latest Book:
    May 1990
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About the Author

Violet Vivian Finlay was born on January 2, 1914 in Berkshire, England, daughter of Alice Kathleen (Norton) and Sir Campbell Kirkman Finlay. The majority of her childhood was spent in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar), where her father worked. During her youth, she frequently journeyed between India, Singapore, Java and Sumatra. She married four times, and had five children: Gillian Rushton (née Porch), Kim Santow, Jennifer Gooch (née Stuart), and twins Vary and Valerie Stuart. Her studies included: Medicine in London, Pathologist in Budapest, and Chemistry and Laboratory Technique in Newcastle. During World War II, she joined the Australian Forces and was attached to the IVth Army, later transferred to British XIV Army in Burma.

Published since 1953, she signed her romance novels as: Vivian Stuart, Alex Stuart, Barbara Allen, Fiona Finlay, and Robyn Stuart; she signed as V.A. Stuart her military sagas: Alexander Sheridan and Phillip Hazard; and as William Stuart Long she singed her historical fiction series: the Australians. In August 1986, Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann passed away at 72, who continued writing until her death.

Full Series List in Order

The Australians

1 - The Exiles (1979)
2 - The Settlers (Aug-1980)
3 - The Traitors (May-1981)
4 - The Explorers (Jul-1982)
5 - The Adventurers (Aug-1983)
6 - The Colonists (Jul-1984)
7 - The Gold Seekers (Jun-1985)
8 - The Gallant // The Patriots (Jun-1986)
9 - The Empire Builders (Jun-1987)
10 - The Seafarers (Jun-1988)
11 - The Nationalists (Jun-1989)
12 - The Imperialists (May-1990)

Book List in Order: 12 titles

  • The Exiles

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    The Australians - 1

    VOYAGE TO THE LAST FRONTIER... They came from England -- thieves, felons, murderers, justly and unjustly accused -- human cargo destined to hack a life from the harsh Australian wilderness. Packed into the teeming holds of His Majesty's ships, they ...

  • The Settlers

    The Australians - 2

    A RAW LAND DRENCHED IN BLOOD, PASSION, AND DREAMS Gripped by the searing violence of their heritage, they faced an untamed continent teeming with anarchy, mutiny, and corruption: a savage world seething with human hunger: a rich wilderness that pr...

  • The Traitors

    The Australians - 3

    IN THE MIDST OF BLOODSHED AND REBELLION A NEW GENERATION STRUGGLED TO BE BORN... Through heartbreak and tragic loss they had fashioned a new life in the land of their exile. But even now they could not rest securely. The courage of beautiful Abigail...

  • The Explorers

    The Australians - 4

    WITH PASSION AND DARING, THEY SEIZED THE PROMISE OF A NEW LAND... They were born of rogues and adventurers, brigands and thieves -- brave men and women determined to wrest a life from a land still echoing with the violent cry of revolution, the dark...

  • The Adventurers

    The Australians - 5

    THEY FLED AN OLD WORLD RAVAGED BY WAR AND HEARTBREAK TO SEIZE THEIR HEARTS' DESIRES IN THE NEW.... Battered veterans of a devastating European war, rebel outcasts too proud to be held by any prison -- for them Australia held no threat, only temptat...

  • The Colonists

    The Australians - 6

    AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS THEY FOUGHT TO TAME A SAVAGE LAND. NOW THEY MUST FIGHT TO KEEP IT. For three tumultuous generations they had struggled to harness au alien wilderness, to lay the bold foundation for their dreams. Bu now, just as a radiant...

  • The Gold Seekers

    The Australians - 7

    They came seeking wealth and vengeance. Their dreams might forge a nation or destroy it. In the 1850's Australia was a land of fertile promise and bitter truths, a wilderness. With the discovery of gold Australia became a mecca for men, questing adve...

  • The Gallant // The Patriots

    The Australians - 8

    An untamed land of limitless riches and dangerous dream. New pioneers pushed ever onward into the unexplored outback. Some followed the dream to defend the British Empire in a distant place of undreamt horror, India. New arrivals in the colony of New...

  • The Empire Builders

    The Australians - 9

    During the 1860s, Australia settlers--including officer Adam Vincent and Lady Kitty Broome--set out to claim the frontier of New Zealand for the British Empire, despite the fierce resistance of the native Maoris and Hauhaus...



  • The Seafarers

    The Australians - 10

    In 1788 they first stepped from their prison ships onto a stunningly beautiful shore. Some were convicts; others were their keepers. But all would become part of an extraordinary undertaking: a heroic triumph of the human spirit...a dramatic struggle...

  • The Nationalists

    The Australians - 11

    A TIME OF WAR AND GLORY - A TIME FOR THE "NEW" AUSTRALIAN TO FORGE A WILD LAND INTO ONE UNITED STATE The days of exploration were over. Now cries of "Unlock the Land!" echoed from the outback to the cosmopolitan streets of Sydney. A young generati...

  • The Imperialists

    The Australians - 12

    Setting in the period from 1902, the end of the Boer War in Africa, to 1914 and the beginning of the Great War in Europe. A new century dawns, and new hopes drive the children of convicts and colonialists who proudly call themselves "Aussies." So...

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William Stuart Long has published 12 books.

William Stuart Long does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Imperialists, was published in May 1990.

The first book by William Stuart Long, The Exiles, was published in January 1979.

Yes. William Stuart Long has 1 series.
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