An All Consuming Passion: Origins, Modernity, and the Australian Life of Georgiana Molloy by William J Lines

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to top foredge. Previous owner has stamped inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Dust jacket has some light creasing at top edge and at spine tail. Minor scratch to back cover. Fading to spine. Interior and binding are still excellent.

During the twelve years of colonial life in Western Australia, Georgiana Molloy endured "domestic drudgery", bore seven children, moved three times, established two gardens, botanised in the bush and maintained a moving and eloquent correspondence with family and friends and with a London horticulturist James Mangles.

At the suggestion of Mangles, Georgiana Molloy began collecting Australian plants. The bush became her all-consuming passion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.