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The Convict´s Daughter: The Scandal That Shocked a Colony
Kiera Lindsey
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Description for The Convict´s Daughter: The Scandal That Shocked a Colony
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 113.
One wet autumn evening in 1848, fifteen-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 ... Read more
One wet autumn evening in 1848, fifteen-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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
St Leonards, Australia
ISBN
9781760112585
SKU
V9781760112585
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About Kiera Lindsey
Kiera Lindsey has a passion for Australian history. She has worked in the Australian film and television industries and presented a history program on ABC Radio. She has also published a regular column in The Adelaide Review. She lectures in Australian history at the University of South Australia and was the winner of the inaugural Greg Dening Memorial Prize.
Reviews for The Convict´s Daughter: The Scandal That Shocked a Colony
Kiera Lindsey takes the facts of this story of her great, great, great-aunt, places them in the turbulent politics of the time, and fleshes them out with a decent but fair dose of imagination. Like her rebellious ancestor, she flouts convention with flair.
Australian Women's Weekly
A wonderfully vivid and pacey tale of passion, scandal and big ideas. ... Read more
Australian Women's Weekly
A wonderfully vivid and pacey tale of passion, scandal and big ideas. ... Read more