"Follow-up to Leatherdale's Palace of Tears, this musical lyricist is carving himself a niche with sumptuous historical fiction...…

I had very high expectations let me tell you as his first book PALACE OF TEARS was my joint book of the year in 2015. Julian Leatherdale did not let me down!!! I was glued to the story as secrets, rejection, deceit, jealousy, madness, betrayal and death after death after death swirled around her. Julian Leatherdale…

"A vivid and stunning portrayal of colonial Australia, rich in history and research. The Opal Dragonfly is a credit to Leatherdale’s superb standard of storytelling. A must read novel, and easily in my top ten reads for 2018…

Five Stars "We need more writers such as Julian Leatherdale in our literary sphere in Australia. Julian Leatherdale’s commitment to bringing Australia’s past to life is to be applauded, thank you so very much to Julian for bringing us The Opal Dragonfly.…

I stumbled across this the other day and wanted to 'scrapbook' it here because I somehow managed to miss it back in September 2015. http://www.nowtolove.com.au/lifestyle/books/womens-weeklys-books-of-the-month-18208…