The Gold Robbers
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A fascinating piece of Australian literary history, The Gold Robbers is a 19th-century novel that chronicles the raw and violent underbelly of colonial Australia's gold rush era. Written by Céleste de Chabrillan — a remarkable French countess who lived in Melbourne during the 1850s — the work presents a vivid and scandalous portrait of frontier life, packed with lust, greed, and murder. Célebrated as one of Australia's earliest novels written by a woman, it captures the chaos and lawlessness of the goldfields with an unflinching, dramatic intensity. The narrative illustrates the moral corruption and desperate ambition that gripped those drawn to the promise of fortune, making it as much a social document as a gripping tale of crime and survival. Described on its cover as Australia's weirdest literary curiosity, this bold work remains a unique window into a turbulent and defining chapter of Australian history.
Author: Celeste De Chabrillan
Format: Paperback
Published: 1970, Sun Books, Melbourne
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A fascinating piece of Australian literary history, The Gold Robbers is a 19th-century novel that chronicles the raw and violent underbelly of colonial Australia's gold rush era. Written by Céleste de Chabrillan — a remarkable French countess who lived in Melbourne during the 1850s — the work presents a vivid and scandalous portrait of frontier life, packed with lust, greed, and murder. Célebrated as one of Australia's earliest novels written by a woman, it captures the chaos and lawlessness of the goldfields with an unflinching, dramatic intensity. The narrative illustrates the moral corruption and desperate ambition that gripped those drawn to the promise of fortune, making it as much a social document as a gripping tale of crime and survival. Described on its cover as Australia's weirdest literary curiosity, this bold work remains a unique window into a turbulent and defining chapter of Australian history.