The French consul's wife : memoirs of Céleste de Chabrillan in gold-rush Australia
book
posted on 1998-01-01, 00:00authored byP Clancy, Jeanne Allen
A former Parisian courtesan, bare-back-rider, and polka dancer, Céleste de Chabrillan scandalized Melbourne when she arrived in 1854. Her vivid account of years spent in diplomatic circles and on the goldfields reveals her great energy and will.
History
Pagination
1 - 304
Publisher
Melbourne University Press
Place of publication
Melbourne, Vic.
ISBN-13
9780522847758
ISBN-10
0522847757
Edition
1st
Language
eng
Notes
Translation with introduction and notes, by Patricia Clancy and Jeanne Allen, of Un deuil au bout du monde (1877)
Publication classification
AN.1 Other book, or book not attributed to Deakin University