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COLONIAL CONSORTS - The Wives of Victoria's Governors 1839 - 1900
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COLONIAL CONSORTS - The Wives of Victoria's Governors 1839 - 1900 Hardcover - 2001

by HANCOCK, Marquerite

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Victoria, The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Press first limited edition - h/c in d.j. While researching this book the author made extensive use of letters, diaries and family papers in libraries and archives in Switzerland, Scotland and Australia. These reveal the private feelings of eleven very different women: some longed constantly to go home; others found unexpected pleasures in their vice-regal duties, and recorded detailed and sometimes humourous reflections on colonial life. 250 x 180mm., pp. xxii + 324, b/w plates, index, limited edition of 1,250 copies, h/c in d.j., fine/fine. ISBN: 0522849334
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  • Title COLONIAL CONSORTS - The Wives of Victoria's Governors 1839 - 1900
  • Author HANCOCK, Marquerite
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition first limited edition - h/c in d.j.
  • Pages 360
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Victoria, The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Press, Melbourne
  • Date 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 72e6bef76ebc675ab25b4e07
  • ISBN 9780522849332 / 0522849334
  • Weight 2.35 lbs (1.07 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.88 x 7.24 x 1.08 in (25.10 x 18.39 x 2.74 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Australia - History - 1788-1900, Governors' spouses - Australia - Victoria -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002391527
  • Dewey Decimal Code 994.503

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Marguerite Hancock has been secretary to the wives of three governors of Victoria. Her book is derived from an M.A. thesis at the University of Melbourne.

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