A Family Romance
The Deakins at Home
$73.11
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
31 October 1992
Summary
A Family Romance is the story of the family of Alfred Deakin, Australia’s first elected Prime Minister. In this intriguing book, John Rickard explores the complex web of relationships between Alfred, his wife Pattie, and his sister Catherine.
The Deakin ‘family romance’ is permeated by the influence of spiritualism which, in extraordinary circumstances, brought Alfred and Pattie together, and which was to haunt their marriage.
It is a tale which, with its Gothic overt…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522847406 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522847404 |
| Author: | John Rickard |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 October 1992 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 141mm x 17mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“There has never been an Australian politician quite like Alfred Deakin. We have had no other prime minister more intelligent, none so learned in literature, history, religion, philosophy ancient and modern, none so articulate on paper about the public history he lived and made.” –The Weekend Review
About The Author
John Rickard
John Rickard is Professor of Australian Studies at Monash University. He is the author of H. B. Higgins- The Rebel as Judge, Age Non-fiction Book of the Year for 1984 and Australia- A Cultural History.
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