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An Irresistible Temptation : The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal by Carol Baxter
$26.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
In 1829 at the Supreme Court in Sydney, the bewitching Jane New was sentenced to death. Her crime: shoplifting a bolt of printed French silk. But was she guilty? Many had their doubts. Although a legal technicality soon quashed Jane's sentence, the autocratic Governor Ralph Darling refused to set her fr ...Show more
Black Widow: The True Story of Australia's First Female Serial Killer by Carol Baxter
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Never before in the hundred year history of Australia has a female prisoner become so notorious as Louisa Collins.' - Evening News Two inquests, four trials, three hung juries and the executioner...but was Louisa Collins really a husband killer? Was she the callous adulteress, drunkard and liar known as ...Show more
Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady: The true story of bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg by Carol Baxter
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
He was the gentleman bushranger...she was the woman who rode with him. This is the true story of Captain Thunderbolt and his lady. 'Bail up!' demanded Captain Thunderbolt before he shouted the bar with the inn keeper's own profits. Driven into banditry by injustice, this colonial Robin Hood, magnificent ...Show more
The Fabulous Flying Mrs Miller: An Australian's True Story of Adventure, Danger, Romance and Murder by Carol Baxter
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Mrs Keith Miller, internationally known aviatrix, was taken to the county jail here today and held for investigation by State Attorney's investigators. Jail attendants said they understood she was held in connection with the shooting of an airline pilot.' Petite, glamorous and beguiling, Jessie 'Chubbie ...Show more
The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable: A True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuit by Carol Baxter
$29.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
John Tawell was a sincere English Quaker but a sinning one. Convicted of forgery, he was transported to Sydney, where he opened Australia's first retail pharmacy and made a fortune. When he returned home after 15 years, he thought he would be welcomed, a reformed, rich entrepreneur; instead he was shunn ...Show more
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