Early Colonial Scandals: The Turbulent Times of Samuel Marsden (Very Strange Tales) by Bill Wannan

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good to near fine condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are still excellent.

The turbulent years of Australia's early colonial history, marked by racketeering, provide the backdrop for this provocative book.

Bill Wannan has chosen eminent "gentlemen" from the first 50 years of the New South Wales settlement, including John and Hannibal Macarthur, Reverend Samuel Marsden, Major George Johnston, Archdeacon Thomas Hobbes Scott and many more. Reverend Samuel Marsden had many admirers who likened him to saint.

In this book, he emerges as a loan-shark, trader in arms, political reactionary, magistrate, pious missionary - a man of many masks.

This book was initially published in 1962 under the title Very Strange Tales.