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Title: Elizabeth Macarthur: A Life at the Edge of the World
Author: TUCKER MICHELLE SCOTT
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 02/04/2018
Imprint: TEXT PUBLISHERS
Price: $33.00
Publishing status: Active
In 1788 a young gentlewoman raised in the vicarage of an English village married a handsome, haughty and penniless army officer. In any Austen novel that would be the end of the story, but for the real-life woman who became an Australian farming entrepreneur, it was just the beginning.
John Macarthur took credit for establishing the Australian wool industry and would feature on the two-dollar note, but it was practical Elizabeth who managed their holdings – while dealing with the results of John’s manias- duels, quarrels, court cases, a military coup, long absences overseas, grandiose construction projects and, finally, his descent into certified insanity.
Michelle Scott Tucker shines a light on an often-overlooked aspect of Australia’s history in this fascinating story of a remarkable woman.
ISBN: 9781925603422
Pages: 384