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Born into poverty in eighteenth-century England, her future was predetermined. But throughout her life Molly Thistle refused to follow the path laid out before her. Her headstrong nature, disdain for convention and desire for freedom were always destined to determine her fate. Following her involvement in a fatal childhood prank, Molly dresses as a boy and flees on a stolen horse. Her new-found freedom ends with her arrest and an uncertain journey towards Britain's farthest prison colony. Undaunted, Molly navigates her way through a society that denies power to her sex and scorns those who have not 'arrived free'. Her quick wit, resilience and ambition will attract the love of her life and the opportunity to forge a commercial empire. And those very same characteristics will create enemies intent on destroying all that she has battled to build for herself and her family.
Main title:
Free / Meg Keneally.
Author:
Keneally, Meg, author
Imprint:
Summer Hill, NSW : Echo Publishing, 2024.
Collation:
328 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"From horse thief to the merchant queen of Sydney Cove - how did one woman rise so far?"--cover.
ISBN:
9781760686840 (paperback)
Dewey class:
KENE
Language:
English
Subject:
Poor -- FictionTheft -- FictionExile (Punishment) -- FictionPrisoners -- FictionFugitives from justice -- FictionLife change events -- FictionLiberty -- FictionMan-woman relationships -- FictionMerchants -- FictionSurvival -- FictionAustralian fictionSydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 18th century -- FictionAustralia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- FictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
89782
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