Publication
Pan (1973), 248 p.
Original publication date
1937
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Description
In 1831, young Irishman Charles Adare arrives in New South Wales, Australia, eager to make his fortune, and make it fast. But what he finds are secrets that won't stay buried. Adare is swept into the private world of wealthy land baron Samson Flusky and his mentally unbalanced wife, Lady Henrietta. As Adare attempts to help this haunted woman, greed, jealousy, and a secret passion threaten to destroy them both.
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A slow start but then engrossing. Set in Sydney, Australia, in 1831-1832, its focus is the relationship between Samson Flusky, an emancipist, and his wife Lady Henrietta Flusky, daughter of a Irish earl, who is succumbing to alcoholism when 20-year-old Charles Adare, who knew Lady Hattie in
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Language
Original language
English
ISBN
9780854683536