Scapegallows-SIGNED, LOCATED & DATED FIRST PRINTING

Birch, Carol

ISBN 10: 184408390X / ISBN 13: 9781844083909

Edité par Virago, London, 2007

A propos de cet article

Near fine first printing in near fine dust wrapper. The book is square, tight and clean but with some light flecking to the edges of the text block. The dust wrapper is complete, unclipped and with just minimal shelf wear evident. An unread copy. Signed, located and dated by the author to the title page: 'Carol Birch Cheltenham 15/10/11'. Scarce as a signed first edition. As a keen collector myself I make every effort to provide a high level of service. Enquiries welcomed.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Scapegallows-SIGNED, LOCATED & DATED FIRST PRINTING
• Éditeur: Virago, London
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 184408390X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781844083909
• Reliure: Hardback
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

New South Wales, 1817. Margaret Catchpole is stranded at a settler's homestead as the floodwater draws in, and she finds herself facing death - as she has several times before. She looks back over her life - the complex and stormy partnership with Will Laud, a 'hell-born-babe', that led her into the world of smuggling and in to a double life. After Will is forced to flee the country, Margaret is taken on as a nursemaid by the wealthy Cobbold family, but a crime against them means she is tried and sentenced to hang. She avoids death but when an elaborate gaol escape fails, Will is shot dead and Margaret captured. Sentenced once more to hang, she looks death full in the face. But she doesn't die. Her sentence is transmuted to transportation for life to Australia. The novel explores a deeply divided society. Ironically, by reaching the lowest depths and being cast out by the society which spawned her, Margaret finds her true role as an independent pioneer in a young colony.

À propos de l?auteur

Carol Birch was born in 1951 in Manchester and went to Keele University. She has lived in London, southwest Ireland and now Lancaster. For her first novel, LIFE IN THE PALACE, she won the 1988 David Higham Award for the Best First Novel of the Year. In 1991 she won the prestigious Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize with THE FOG LINE.