The Convict's Daughter: The Scandal That Shocked a Colony - Couverture souple

Lindsey, Kiera

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1760630926 ISBN 13 : 9781760630928

Editeur : Allen & Unwin, 2018

Synopsis

One wet autumn evening in 1848, 15-year-old Mary Ann Gill stole out of a bedroom window in her father's Sydney hotel and took a coach to a local racecourse. There she was to elope with James Butler Kinchela, wayward son of the former Attorney-General. Her enraged father pursued them on horseback and fired two pistols at his daughter's suitor, narrowly avoiding killing him. What followed was Australia's most scandalous abduction trial of the era, as well as an extraordinary story of adventure and misadventure, both in Australia and abroad. Through humiliation, heartache, bankruptcy, and betrayal, Mary Ann hung on to James' promise to marry her. This is a compelling biography of a currency lass born when convicts were still working the streets of Sydney. Starting with just a newspaper clipping, historian Kiera Lindsey has uncovered the world of her feisty great, great, great aunt, who lived and loved during a period of dramatic social and political change.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kiera Lindsey has worked in the Australian film and television industries and hosted her own program on ABC Radio. She was winner of the inaugural Greg Denning History Prize 2009.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Allen & Unwin
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1760630926
• ISBN 13: 9781760630928
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
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