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Main : Australian history, biography, feminist detective, literary history, non-fiction, writing


ISBN: 9780140123029
229 pp
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The Fortunes of Mary Fortune
Lucy Sussex

After arriving in Australia with her young son in 1855, Mary Fortune went on to become Australia’s first female crime writer. Lucy Sussex’s detective work reveals something of this remarkable woman, but Mary Fortune’s writing is her best testimony. Its verve and quality recreate Melbourne in the grip of gold fever and of life on the goldfields. She depicts the harshness of life in her time, while reflecting on many issues that remain relevant in contemporary society.

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