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The Amazing Mrs Livesey: The Remarkable Story of Australia´s Greatest Imposter
Freda Marnie Nicholls
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Description for The Amazing Mrs Livesey: The Remarkable Story of Australia´s Greatest Imposter
Paperback. The truly remarkable life of the notorious Manchester-born Ethel Livesey, a serial fraudster and confidence trickster who became a media sensation after she ran out on her society wedding in 1945 and was later arrested for obtained goods by false pretences. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 311 x 28. Weight in Grams: 470.
An attractive young woman from a respectable middle-class family in Manchester, Ethel Livesey had over forty aliases, eight official marriages, four children and five divorces at a time when divorce was totally scandalous. Her story stretches from industrial England to the French Riviera, from Ireland to New York, Shanghai, New Zealand, the Isle of Man and across Australia. Ethel claimed she was a cotton heiress, wartime nurse, casino hostess, stowaway, artist, opera singer, gambler, spy, close friend of the King, air raid warden, charity queen and even wife of Australian test cricketer Jack Fingleton. But what was fact and ... Read more
An attractive young woman from a respectable middle-class family in Manchester, Ethel Livesey had over forty aliases, eight official marriages, four children and five divorces at a time when divorce was totally scandalous. Her story stretches from industrial England to the French Riviera, from Ireland to New York, Shanghai, New Zealand, the Isle of Man and across Australia. Ethel claimed she was a cotton heiress, wartime nurse, casino hostess, stowaway, artist, opera singer, gambler, spy, close friend of the King, air raid warden, charity queen and even wife of Australian test cricketer Jack Fingleton. But what was fact and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
St Leonards, Australia
ISBN
9781760290146
SKU
V9781760290146
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Ref
99-18
About Freda Marnie Nicholls
Freda Marnie Nicholls lives and works on her husband's family farm in Gundagai in southern New South Wales. She was a rural journalist for fourteen years during which time she had the pleasure of interviewing many interesting people. She believes that everyone has a story.
Reviews for The Amazing Mrs Livesey: The Remarkable Story of Australia´s Greatest Imposter
It's an entertaining story with attention to detail - explained in the author's notes at the end of the book as 'factional history', real and imagined people and events woven together. It seems an enterprise worthy of Mrs Livesey herself.
Herald Sun
This is one of those yarns from Australian history that makes you wonder why a film ... Read more
Herald Sun
This is one of those yarns from Australian history that makes you wonder why a film ... Read more