Queensland Family History Society Inc
QFHS Calendar Event
Members Lounge - Book Club - Waltzing Mathilde
Starts: 26 Oct 2026 at 10:00 AM
Ends: 26 Oct 2026 at 11:30 AM
Notes:
THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD ONLINE. Our Book Club is the perfect gathering for those who seek the fascinating intersection of local and contemporary authors in the realm of family history. Our book club is designed for family historians. We will read both fiction and non-fiction and share our opinions. Highbrow, lowbrow - we do not care as long as we are reading good writing and learning something along the way.
- From Amazon
Based on a true story, this is a coming-of-age novel of loss, love and finding home. In 1890, 12-year-old orphan Mathilde Plate is devastated to leave her beloved grandmother in Germany to sail across the world to live with her uncle and his family in Sydney. After losing everything, she confronts a harrowing sea voyage and a murderous psychopath. In Sydney, she battles misery, isolation and tragedy, but determined to make a life for herself in the strange new world of Australia. A fascinating stranger falls in love with Mathilde but can she trust him? Music and letters from home are her salvation. Will a mysterious picture hold the key to love?
Rosalie Horner is the author of two non-fiction books, 'Inside BBC Television, A Year Behind the Camera' and 'Great TV Entertainment'. She was born in Sydney but made her home in London for many years, working as a Fleet Street journalist, a television panelist on New Faces, Celebrity Squares, Telly Addicts and Tell the Truth. Before she left Australia she did Fine Arts at Melbourne University, took part in student revues and theatre, and was a television presenter on ABC Melbourne. Rosalie has a degree in Italian from University College London. In 2018 she returned to live permanently in Sydney.