Scandal in the Colonies: Sydney & Cape Town, 1820-1850

by Kirsten McKenzie

In 1830s Sydney, a visiting aristocrat, Viscount Lascelles, is exposed as a former convict. In Cape Town, during the same decade, veiled accusations of incest and murmurs about a concealed pregnancy surround the family of the Chief Justice, Sir John Wylde. In these British colonies, the divide between the respectable and the disreputable is not as vast as might first appear. Rumour and hearsay muddy the lines between public and private worlds, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522850758
• ISBN13: 9780522850758
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.4"