An Irresistible Temptation: The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal

by Carol Baxter

In 1829 at the Supreme Court in Sydney, the bewitching Jane New was sentenced to death. Her crime: shoplifting a bolt of printed French silk. But was she guilty? Many had their doubts. Although a legal technicality soon quashed Jane's sentence, the autocratic Governor Ralph Darling refused to set her free. Like bees to the honey pot, the gentlemen of Sydney swarmed to Jane's defense including barrister and political agitator William Charles Wentworth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1741754895
• ISBN13: 9781741754896
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 7.5"