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Outrageous Fortunes : the adventures of Mary Fortune, crime-writer, and her criminal son George

Brown, Megan (Literary scholar)2025
The gripping story of Australia's first female crime writer and her career-criminal son. 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 ...
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