Outrageous Fortunes
The Adventures of Mary Fortune, Crime-writer, and Her Criminal Son George
$36.00
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
10 February 2025
Summary
When Mary Fortune arrived in Melbourne with her infant son in 1855, she was determined to reinvent herself. The Victorian goldfields were just the place. After a time selling sly grog and a bigamous marriage to a policeman, Mary became a pioneering journalist and author. The Detective’s Album was the first book of detective stories to be published in Australia and the first by a woman to be published anywhere in the world. Her work appeared in magazines and newspapers for over forty …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760645052 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760645052 |
| Author: | Megan Brown, Lucy Sussex |
| Publisher: | Black Inc. |
| Imprint: | La Trobe University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 10 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 470g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 154mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Megan Brown
Megan Brown (Author)
Megan Brown completed her PhD at the University of Wollongong, examining the work of Mary Fortune. She has contributed chapters to The Routledge Companion to Australian Literature and The Unsocial Sociability of Women’s Life Writing.
Lucy Sussex (Author)
Lucy Sussex’s books include Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, which won the 2015 Victorian Community History Award, Women Writers and Detectives in the Nineteenth Century and Saltwater in the Ink- Voices from the Australian Seas. She has a PhD from the University of Wales and is an honorary fellow at La Trobe University.
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