Elizabeth Macarthur's Letters

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Text Publishing
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2022
Edition: First Edition

Description: 227 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: These letters were the starting point for Kate Grenvilles bestselling novel A Room Made of Leaves. They inspired the portrait of her imagined Elizabeth Macarthur: shrewd, subtle, passionate. And they offer a glimpse into the complex inner life of one of our most powerful foremothers. Yet, until now, a general reader could only access a handful of them.This book offers an edited selection, with commentary from Grenville, of the many letters Elizabeth Macarthur wrote ‘home from colonial Sydney over her long life—letters in which we can hear the voice of a remarkable woman. Circumstances confronted her with huge challenges, but also gave her opportunities unknown to most women of the time. It was a life of tumult, of griefs and joys—all faced with spirit, and recorded in this lively and engaging correspondence.

ISBN: 9781922458582