At the height of the Great Depression, when few families could afford holidays, Herbert Dyce Murphy invited groups of children to his seaside house on the Mornington Peninsula. He told them wonderful stories about his past - elaborate tales of whaling ships and royal soires, of espionage and Antarctic blizzards, full of adventure, intrigue and romance. How much of it was true? Does it matter? What sort of person was Murphy? Moira Watson, one of the 'Murphy children', explores - with affection and puzzlement - the life of an extraordinary and mysterious man.
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'A delightful memoir of a delightful eccentric . . . beautifully paced.' -- Professor Stuart Macintyre
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Moira Watson was born in Hobart and moved to Victoria when she was nine, exchanging a world of nannies and governesses for the 'real world'. She broke off university studies during World War II to spend four years in the Navy Code and Cypher Room, and later became the first publicity officer for the Melbourne Zoo. The Spy Who Loved Children in her third book. She is married with three grown-up children and recently bought Dyce Murphy's house on the Mornington Peninsula, where she now lives.
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