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An Irresistible Temptation : The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal by Carol Baxter
Category: Australiana
In 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 legal technicality soon quashed Jane's sentence, the autocratic Governor Ralph Darling refused to set her fr ...Show more
Black Widow: The True Story of Australia's First Female Serial Killer by Carol Baxter
Category: True Crime
Never before in the hundred year history of Australia has a female prisoner become so notorious as Louisa Collins.' - Evening News Two inquests, four trials, three hung juries and the executioner...but was Louisa Collins really a husband killer? Was she the callous adulteress, drunkard and liar known as ...Show more
Breaking the Bank : An Extraordinary Colonial Robbery by Carol Baxter
Category: Australiana
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 defi ...Show more
Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady: The true story of bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg by Carol Baxter
Category: Australiana
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 keeper's own profits. Driven into banditry by injustice, this colonial Robin Hood, magnificent ...Show more
Irresistible Temptation by Carol Baxter
Category: Australiana
Set against the backdrop of a particularly divisive period in colonial New South Wales, Australia, this sensational story recounts the scandal that centered on the alluring convict Jane New and her role in the public vilification of Governor Ralph Darling and the elevation of William Charles Wentworth ...Show more
The Fabulous Flying Mrs Miller: An Australian's True Story of Adventure, Danger, Romance and Murder by Carol Baxter
Category: Biography
Mrs Keith Miller, internationally known aviatrix, was taken to the county jail here today and held for investigation by State Attorney's investigators. Jail attendants said they understood she was held in connection with the shooting of an airline pilot.' Petite, glamorous and beguiling, Jessie 'Chubbie ...Show more
The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable: A True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuit by Carol Baxter
Category: Biography
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 ...Show more
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