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Most Referenced Works
Awards for Works
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Black Widow : The True Story of Australia’s First Serial Killer
Crows Nest
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Allen and Unwin
,
2015
8521384
2015
single work
biography
'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 the Botany Bay Murderess and the Lucrezia Borgia of Botany Bay? Or was this mother of seven a spirited and defiant woman who was punished for breaching society's expectations of womanly behaviour?
'Compelling, freshly told and richly detailed, Black Widow uncovers the truth of a story that challenged the morality, the politics and the notion of law in an Australia on the edge of nationhood.' (Publication summary)
- 2016 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best True Crime Book
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Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady : The True Story of Bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg
Crows Nest
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Allen and Unwin
,
2011
Z1809774
2011
single work
biography
'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 horseman and skilled bushman was celebrated by his victims as vigorously as he was hunted by the law. She was his chief lieutenant, his eyes and his ears. Intelligent and beautiful, Mary Ann Bugg dressed as a man, rode like a man, and helped keep Thunderbolt ahead of the troopers and trackers intent on pursuing him to his end. Until one day...
'Compellingly written and richly detailed, Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady has it all - action, drama, and two protagonists who defied social conventions for freedom. This is an unputdownable story of an extraordinary partnership and a fresh retelling of one of Australia's greatest bushranging stories.' (From the publisher's website.)
- 2012 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best True Crime Book
- 2013 first prize SWW Book Awards — Non Fiction
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