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The Worst Woman in Sydney: The Life and Crimes of Kate Leigh
Leigh Straw
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paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; B; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 334 x 2. Weight in Grams: 278.
Matriarch of the criminal underworld … or the Robin Hood of inner Sydney?
The legend of Kate Leigh, Sydney’s famed brothel madam, sly grog seller and drug dealer, has loomed large in TV’s Underbelly and every other account of Sydney’s criminal history from the 1920s to the 1960s. But she has never had a biography of her own.
Despite having over 100 criminal convictions to her name, Kate Leigh is remembered as a local hero, giving money to needy families and supporting her Surry Hills community through the hard times of Depression and war. Here, novelist and historian Leigh Straw teases out the full story of how this wayward Reformatory girl from Dubbo made a fortune in eastern Sydney and became a leading underworld figure.
The legend of Kate Leigh, Sydney’s famed brothel madam, sly grog seller and drug dealer, has loomed large in TV’s Underbelly and every other account of Sydney’s criminal history from the 1920s to the 1960s. But she has never had a biography of her own.
Despite having over 100 criminal convictions to her name, Kate Leigh is remembered as a local hero, giving money to needy families and supporting her Surry Hills community through the hard times of Depression and war. Here, novelist and historian Leigh Straw teases out the full story of how this wayward Reformatory girl from Dubbo made a fortune in eastern Sydney and became a leading underworld figure.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
UNSW Press Australia
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN
9781742234793
SKU
V9781742234793
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Ref
99-50
About Leigh Straw
Leigh Straw is a historian and author. Her books include three historical crime novels (Limestone, Sophia Lane and Legacy), a history of criminal women in Perth and Fremantle (Drunks, Pests and Harlots, 2013) and a forthcoming book on Australian World War I soldiers. She is Senior Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame.
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