The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer by Alison Alexander
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781760292546
Author: Alison Alexander
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Place: Crows Nest NSW
Year: 2016
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256 pages
Period: 19th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Very light foxing to foredges and back page. Small mark on tail foredge.
Alison Alexander, the well-known Tasmanian historian, traces the life of the inimitable Jane Franklin, from her birth to her marriage at the ripe age of 36 years to Sir John Franklin, to her many travels through Russia, the Middle East, America and Australia.
Arriving in Tasmania in 1837, when her husband became Governor, Jane Franklin swept through Tasmania society, attempting to rid the island of snakes, establishing a scientific society and the Hobart Regatta, adopting an Aboriginal girl and sending a kangaroo to Queen Victoria.
Jane Franklin became the first European woman to travel overland from Melbourne to Sydney.
The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer by Alison Alexander
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