CC is the distinguished Australian publisher who founded Virago. Her forebear was transported for seven years for stealing a piece of hemp, but managed to prosper in Australia. He returned to England 30 years later, found CC’s great-great-grandmother, his early love, and took her back to Oz with him. Callil’s delving into her antecedents is an extraordinary piece of research, and brings to light the lives of the overlooked.
Oh Happy Day
(author)
£18.99
Edition:Hardback978022409030805/11/2020
Categories: 01. Books for Christmas 2020: Biography, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Books for Christmas 2020
Tags: 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, British Empire, England, European history, Family history, tracing ancestors, Memoir, Migration, immigration and emigration, Offences against the State, against public administration and the administration of justice, Poverty and precarity, Publishing
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