| Description |
1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- About the author -- Title page -- Copyright info -- Dedication -- Author's Note -- Part One -- Chapter 1 First Impressions -- Chapter 2 A Reunion of Sorts -- Chapter 3 Fine Palaces and Footmen -- Chapter 4 A Hot-head and Trouble-maker -- Chapter 5 Back to Business -- Chapter 6 Haunted by Past Love -- Chapter 7 A Woman's Place -- Chapter 8 Celebrations and Commiserations -- Chapter 9 Cruel Punishment -- Chapter 10 Mrs Macquarie's Chair -- Chapter 11 A Shared Horror -- Chapter 12 Sticking Together -- Chapter 13 A Terrible Secret -- Part Two -- Chapter 14 I Have Failed Him |
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Chapter 15 A Dangerous Game -- Chapter 16 The Pain of A Mother -- Chapter 17 A Stark Under-estimation -- Chapter 18 Blood on our Hands -- Chapter 19 A Betrayal -- Part Three -- Chapter 20 The Arrival -- Chapter 21 A Warning -- Chapter 22 More Bad News -- Chapter 23 Stirring the Pot -- Chapter 24 Unleashing the Passion -- Chapter 25 A Miraculous Escape -- Part Four -- Chapter 26 Betrayal Upon Betrayal -- Chapter 27 Sharing Troubles -- Chapter 28 A Kind of Desperation -- Chapter 29 For Whom the Bells Toll -- Chapter 30 Mrs Macquarie's Choice |
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Chapter 31 Ever Your Affectionate Wife -- Chapter 32 The Last Paper Trail -- Afterword -- Further reading -- Acknowledgements |
| Summary |
The story of how two women, who should have been bitter foes, combined their courage and wisdom to wield extraordinary power and influence behind the scenes of the fledgling colony |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Macquarie, Elizabeth Henrietta, 1777-1835 -- Fiction
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Macarthur, Elizabeth, 1766?-1850 -- Fiction
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Macarthur, Elizabeth, 1766?-1850 fast |
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Macquarie, Elizabeth Henrietta, 1777-1835 fast |
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Governors' spouses -- Australia -- Fiction
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Farmers' spouses -- Australia -- Fiction
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Friendship -- Fiction
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Farmers' spouses
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Friendship
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Governors' spouses
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Social conditions
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Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
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Australia -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical fiction
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Fiction
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Historical fiction
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History
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Biographical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1760870153 |
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9781760870157 |
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