I am the author of three non fiction books about Australia,
and two novels set in 1920s Britain
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Australian history now and then
I have written three books about the beginnings of colonial Australia as seen through the eyes of my ancestors.
The Worst Country in the World tells the story of my four times great grandmother Mary Pitt, who emigrated to what was then known as New South Wales in 1801, with her five children. It is a portrait of a fledgling country, established as a penal colony and still trying to find its feet barely thirteen years after the British planted the Union Jack in the ground at Port Jackson in Sydney.
A Country To Be Reckoned With reveals the remarkable transformation of the colony throughout the 19th century, as witnessed by my g-g-grandfather, Mary’s grandson G M Pitt: pioneer farmer, auctioneer, stock and station agent, scourge of politicians and all round ‘personality’.
Australia And How To Find It is a light-hearted cornucopia of quirky stories about that strange and fascinating continent, as witnessed and collated by my good self.
Please click on the book titles below for further information.
The Worst Country in the World
A Country To Be Reckoned With
Australia and How To Find It
Available as ebooks on Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble and Apple
and in print at Waterstones, Booktopia (AU),
The Book Depository, Angus & Robertson (AU) & Wordery
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The Roaring Twenties novels
Two novels about women of a certain age behaving badly, set in 1920s England.
The Awakening of Claudia Faraday tells the tale of a respectable 52-year-old mother of three discovering the joys of sex for the first time.
The Purpose of Prudence de Vere is the self-told memoir of Claudia’s friend, the free-spirited, stop-at-nothing, good-time girl Prudence.
For further details about Claudia and Prue, please click on the links below.
The Awakening of Claudia Faraday
The Purpose of Prudence de Vere
Available in print and ebook on Amazon, Waterstones, Booktopia,
The Book Depository, Angus & Robertson & Wordery
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MISBEHAVIN’
I have penned new lyrics to Fats Waller’s iconic song AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, in homage to Claudia and Prudence. Here it is performed and filmed in isolation by the one-and-only SIMON BECK. Check it out here:
More recently, on a freezing cold Saturday morning in Tunbridge Wells, the fabulous Lelia Di Domenico also included my new lyrics in her version of the classic song, accompanied by the equally fabulous Cafe Society band. (Apologies for the abrupt cut-off. Reasons for it known only by my mobile phone.)
©Patsy Trench
London, 2020
Hello – what do you blog about?
I fell across your latest book, “The Awakening Claudia Faraday”, on Amazon (USA) after purchasing something completely different. However, when reading over your Author’s page, I found myself totally enchanted with both your musings, and with your topics for your current books, as I am also a woman “of a certain age” and could be a stand-in for your Claudia Faraday rattling around my own empty abode due to a sudden mid-life crisis on my ex-husband’s part. Shocking how hard and fast this malady hits men of a certain age, and how we are best served to let them go, and be eternally grateful that we’ve given a pass to that right dodgy bullet and to leave them deal with the resulting disaster all on their own!!!! So I’m off to order your latest book now, but I wanted you to know that I’ve bookmarked your website so I can come back to read whatever you write about, moving forward, as I’m sure it will elicit a giggle or two in an age-appropriate manner. Never stop writing, Patsy! Your turn-of-phrase is absolutely endearing, as are your topics. So please keep them coming and we will read them and respond accordingly! Wishing you all the best in your future successes, Patsy!!!!
Hello Riki (or is it Sue?). Thank you so much for your comments, they mean a lot to me. I am very pleased to hear you identified with Claudia, though also very sorry to hear your story. I have no further books in my head at the moment but if and when I do I will set up an email address and invite you onto it! Meanwhile would you mind if I quoted your comment about my turn of phrase and the age-appropriate giggling?
I do wish you all the best, and thank you again for your encouragement.
Terrific. He’s quite good, and the lyrics are snappy.
I do like to write new lyrics to existing songs (mostly because I don’t write music). My latest effort is new lyrics to King George’s song in Hamilton, to reflect the fact that George, and Britain, went on to colonise Australia five years after the US War of Independence. I’m trying to get permission from Lin M-M to use his music but he’s not responding. You don’t happen to know him, do you?