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“carol baxter”

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  • An Irresistible Temptation

    The true story of Jane New and a colonial scandal

    by Carol Baxter ...
    Carol Baxter has written a work that captures the reader This is largely because of her skill as a narrative historian, her capacity to tell a good story.' - Gregory Melleuish, Australian Literary ReviewIn 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 ... Read more

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  • Breaking the Bank

    An extraordinary colonial robbery

    by Carol Baxter ...
    It was the largest bank robbery in Australian history. On Sunday 14 September 1828, thieves tunnelled through a sewage drain into the vault of Sydney's Bank of Australia and stole 14 000 in notes and cash - the equivalent of 20 million in today's currency. This audacious group of convicts not only defied the weekly exhortation 'thou shalt not steal!', they targeted the bank owned by the colony's ... Read more

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  • Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady

    The true story of bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg

    by Carol Baxter ...
    He was the gentleman bushranger . she was the woman who rode with him. Full of action and drama, this is the richly detailed and unputdownable true story of Captain Thunderbolt and his lady.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 ... Read more

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  • The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable

    A True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuit

    by Carol Baxter ...
    John Tawell was a sincere 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 to England after fifteen years, he thought he would be welcomed; instead he was shunned.Then on New Year’s Day 1845 Tawell boarded the 7:42 pm train to London Paddington. Soon, men arrived chasing a ... Read more

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  • The Road to Little Dribbling

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    by Bill Bryson ...
    A loving and hilarious—if occasionally spiky—valentine to Bill Bryson’s adopted country, Great Britain. Prepare for total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter.Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now ... Read more

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  • The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

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    A larger-than-life old man with a fondness for vodka goes on an unexpected adventure in this whimsical novel -- perfect for fans of Forrest Gump and A Man Called Ove.The international publishing sensation -- more than six million copies sold worldwide!A reluctant centenarian much like Forrest Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert) decides it's not too late to start over . . .After a long and ... Read more

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  • Last Woman Hanged

    by Caroline Overington ...
    Two husbands, four trials and one bloody execution: Winner of the 2015 Davitt Award for Best Crime Book (Non-fiction) -- the terrible true story of Louisa Collins.In January 1889, Louisa Collins, a 41-year-old mother of ten children, became the first woman hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol and the last woman hanged in New South Wales. Both of Louisa's husbands had died suddenly and the Crown, convinced ... Read more

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  • 1888

    London Murders in the Year of the Ripper

    by Peter Stubley ...
    In 1888 Jack the Ripper made the headlines with a series of horrific murders that remain unsolved to this day. But most killers are not shadowy figures stalking the streets with a lust for blood. Many are ordinary citizens driven to the ultimate crime by circumstance, a fit of anger or a desire for revenge. Their crimes, overshadowed by the few, sensational cases, are ignored, forgotten or written ... Read more

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  • A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal

    Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal

    by Babette Smith ...
    New edition of the bestselling history that traces the chequered story of 100 women transported together in 1829 to Sydney. Includes new information on the women and treatment of convicts and new illustrations. Intrigued to discover a convict ancestor in her family tree Babette Smith decided to investigate her life and the lives of the 99 women who were transported with her on the ship Princess ... Read more

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  • Crime and Criminals of Victorian England

    by Adrian Gray ...
    Dark and foggy Victorian streets, the murderous madman, the arsenic-laced evening meal - we all think we know the realities of Victorian crime. Adrian Gray's thrilling book recounts the classic murders, by knife and poison, but it also covers much more, taking the reader into less familiar parts of Victorian life, uncovering the wicked, the vengeful, the foolish and the hopeless amongst the ... Read more

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  • Australia's Birthstain

    by Babette Smith ...
    A groundbreaking history of convicts in Australia which lays bare the distortions and myths that caused the nation to deny its own past.; Why is it that Australians are still misled by myths about their convict heritage? Why are so many family historians surprised to find a convict ancestor in their family trees? Why did an entire society collude to cover up its past? Babette Smith traces the ... Read more

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