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y separately published work icon The Crowned Skull single work   novel   science fiction  
Alternative title: The Death's Head
First known date: 1907 Issue Details: First known date: 1907... 1907 The Crowned Skull
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What is the secret from the past that is haunting Sir Hannibal Trevick, the rich and landed father of beautiful Dericka Trevick? When John Bowring, an old mining colleague of Sir Hannibal, appears in the quiet Cornwall village, he triggers a torrent of disasters and dangers, intrigues and conspiracies, mysteries and mayhem. Through this exciting narrative course adventuresses, Cornish witches, strange prophecies, hidden identities, dastardly blackmail, insane heirs, secret marriages and murder. Stir in a touch of murky imperialist politics, rampant exploitation in the colonies and an artefact that can drive men mad, and you have the heady brew which is Fergus Hume's The Crowned Skull (Publisher blurb, Chimaera edition).

Notes

  • Written after Hume's departure from Australia in 1888, this work is included in AustLit because it has been published in an Australian science fiction series.

    First published in serialised format, under the title The Death’s Head, in the Express and Telegraph (Adelaide) in daily instalments, Saturday, 4 May 1907 – Friday, 21 June 1907.

    First published in book form, under the title The Crowned Skull, by Werner Laurie in London in 1908.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Mount Waverley, Ashwood - Mulgrave area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Chimaera Publications , 2010 .
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      Extent: iv, 225 p.p.
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      • Introduction by Sophie Masson.
      ISBN: 9780975214336
      Series: y separately published work icon Classic Australian SF Mount Waverley : Chimaera Publications , 2010 Z1755255 2010 series - publisher novel science fiction In these novels of speculative fiction, with new introductions from some of Australia's most notable writers and critics, Chimaera Publications has unearthed and reanimated a series of forgotten classics. Ranging from the 1880s to the 1930s, this selection shows the vital contribution that speculative fiction plays in Australia's literary history - an influence that continues until the present day. (Publisher blurb) Number in series: 1
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