Skip to main content
Search for more books
Title:The Convict's Daughter : The scandal that shocked a colony
Price:USD$12.00
Category:History
ISBN:1760112585
Item ID:BB06-52624
Quantity:1
Publisher:Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2016
Edition:Unstated
Binding:Softcover
Condition:Good
Allen & Unwin, 2016, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, Unstated

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 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. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 322 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Australia; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 1760112585. ISBN/EAN: 9781760112585. Inventory No: 52624.
To see the Shipping Fee please change the following as required:

Shipping Destination State/Province okay

Display prices in