Mary Talbot Cross Mary Talbot Cross i(A64670 works by)
Also writes as: Jennifer, M. T. Carter
Born: Established: 1943 Devon (County),
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: English
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1 y separately published work icon The Foundling Mary Talbot Cross , Croydon : Green Hill Publishing , 2024 28909176 2024 selected work novel 'Contains two titles previously published separately. THE FOUNDLING. Abandoned as a baby, taunted as a child, Julia Stephen, the foundling of the title, learns to survive in the West Country of England until her adoptive Methodist family sets sail for South Australia in the earliest years of European settlement, in search of a better life. Necessity takes them north, to work for the South Australian Mining Association of the Burra Burra, whose regime rates the workforce far below the appeal of profi ts. When Julia settles in the Company township called Kooringa, her past returns to haunt her. Who is the mysterious packman from Julia's Devon childhood who follows her through the streets of Kooringa township? What is the grim secret she uncovers in the dank squalor of a dugout in the Burra Burra Creek? FORTUNE'S FOOL. Ballarat in the goldrush of the early 1850s. A place of glittering promise and deep despair; where hidden resentments will swell into open rebellion against the colonial government in December 1854. Into this male-dominated sex-starved shantytown comes Miss Julia Stephen, seeking her Cornish lover. Quick-witted, resourceful and unscrupulous, she becomes one of the most successful women on the Victorian diggings. When tensions erupt into bloody rebellion at Eureka, Julia Stephen's life is transformed beyond her wildest dreams.' (Publication summary)
1 3 y separately published work icon Ginger for Pluck : The Life and Times of Georgina King Roger Cross , Jennifer, M. T. Carter , Kent Town : Wakefield Press , 2013 6550297 2013 single work biography

'Sydney geologist Georgina King (1845-1932) gave her life to science, and was rewarded with every kind of skullduggery to prevent her success. The tall, red-haired, 'unmarriageable' Miss King was excluded by the professionals, the (all-male) Royal Society of New South Wales. Famous scientific worthies quite likely stole her work. Her denunciations were loud. Through determination and persistence, Georgina King acquired an honourable place in the history of science and the women's place in it. This book tells her intriguing tale.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Getting to Know You : Illusive Writers Mary Talbot Cross , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , November vol. 14 no. 2 2003; (p. 11-14)
1 1 y separately published work icon Fortune's Fool : The Road Beyond Eureka Mary Talbot Cross , Kew : Shalimar Press , 2001 Z921519 2001 single work novel historical fiction
1 1 y separately published work icon The Foundling : A Tale of the Burra Burra Mine Mary Talbot Cross , Kew : Shalimar Press , 1999 Z249299 1999 single work novel historical fiction
1 2 y separately published work icon Fate Knows No Tears Fate Knows No Tears : A Novel of Passion and Scandal in the Days of the Raj Mary Talbot Cross , Melbourne : Shalimar Press , 1996 Z219385 1996 single work novel historical fiction

'Author Mary Talbot Cross recreates the life of poet Violet Nicolson, a courageous and outspoken woman, who found fame in 1901 writing under the pseudonym 'Laurence Hope'. Nicolson's three volumes of poetry, in which she evoked echoes of India's fascinating past, and her passionate accounts of forbidden liaisons and sensuous jasmine-laden nights sent shock waves through the polite Edwardian society of the day.

''Fate Knows No Tears is an inviting, old-fashioned, light and sometimes frothy romance but it's also a picturesque and positive look at an exceptional woman.' - Steven Davenport, Independent Weekly'  (Publication summary) 
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