Elizabeth and Elizabeth

Elizabeth and Elizabeth
Sue Williams
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Trade Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 336pg
5 Jan 2021 AU
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9781760631345
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' I' ve waited for this moment so long, dreamed of it, prepared for it, I can barely believe it' s finally here. But it is. And it is nothing like I expected. ' There was a short time in Australia' s European history when two women wielded extraordinary power and influence behind the scenes of the fledgling colony. One was Elizabeth Macquarie, the wife of the new governor Lachlan Macquarie, nudging him towards social reform and magnificent buildings and town planning. The other was Elizabeth Macarthur, credited with creating Australia' s wool industry and married to John Macarthur, a dangerous enemy of the establishment. These women came from strikingly different backgrounds with husbands who held sharply conflicting views. They should have been bitter foes. Elizabeth & Elizabeth is about two courageous women thrown together in impossible times. Borne out of an overriding admiration for the women of early colonial Australian history, Sue Williams has written a novel of enduring fascination.
Sue Williams is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist, working in newspapers, magazines and TV in Australia, the UK and New Zealand. Born in England, but settling in Australia in 1989, she' s also a travel writer and university lecturer. She lives in Sydney' s Kings Cross with her partner, writer Jimmy Thomson. Her books include Getting There: Journeys of an accidental adventurer; the story of her travels around isolated Australia, Welcome to the Outback; and a series of other books about the outback, Women in the Outback, Outback Spirit and Outback Heroines. She' s also written biographies of Father Chris Riley, Mean Streets, Kind Hearts; Father Bob Maguire, Father Bob: The larrikin priest; navy diver Paul de Gelder, No Time For Fear; Fred Brophy, The Last Showman; and Australia' s youngest Everest climber Alyssa Azar, The Girl Who Climbed Everest. Sue' s true-crime book And Then The Darkness: The disappearance of Peter Falconio and the trials of Joanne Lees was shortlisted for the international 2006 Gold Dagger Award for the world' s best crime non-fiction. Her first children' s book was Everest Dreaming. Elizabeth & Elizabeth is her first novel, borne out of a love of early colonial Australian history - pivotal in the development of the country - and an overriding admiration for women of that era making their own way in life. With both Elizabeth Macquarie and Elizabeth Macarthur having a huge impact on the fledgling nation, despite all the odds, Elizabeth & Elizabeth is the result of an enduring fascination with what might have been.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781760631345
Published: 5 Jan 2021
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 336

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