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SECOND HAND BOOK
‘A fascinating narrative and a vivid picture of Van Diemen’s Land society in the early 19th century. An important contribution to Australian history.’ -Christopher Koch
Meet the foolish forger and cuckolded convict Henry Savery, described by Thomas Keneally as ‘a man whose own story is as picaresque as anything inside the covers of a novel.’
Born to fortune but spurned by fate, a single act of folly launches young Henry into an extraordinary spiral of calamity. Banished to the end of the earth, bankrupt and betrayed, he surveys the gothic ruins of his past from an empty Hobart Town gaol cell – writing the thinly veiled autobiography that will become Australia’s first published novel.
Specifications:
Condition: as new
Publisher: Arcade Publications
Year: 2024 (first published 2011)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 197pp
ISBN: 9780987171481
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