'One of the liveliest characters in early Australian history is Sir Henry Browne Hayes, the Irish knight who was transported for abducting a Quaker heiress and who surrounded his house with Irish earth to keep the snakes away. This is the story of his adventures, and of those of some friends of his not known to history, especially Gos Blackthorn, a young man who does not know his real name or parentage, and the Quaker girl he loves.' (Publisher's blurb).
