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The French Consul's Wife

The French Consul's Wife: Memoirs of Céleste De Chabrillan in Gold-Rush Australia

Paperback Published on: 30/04/1999
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Synopsis

A former Parisian courtesan, bare-back-rider and polka dancer, Celeste de Chabrillan scandalised Melbourne when she arrived in 1854 as the Frenc Consul's wife. Her vivid first-hand memories of years spent in the diplomatic and government house circles and on the goldfields reveal her as a woman of great energyt and will.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780522850666
  • Number of pages: 304
  • Dimensions: 234 x 160 x 26 mm
  • Weight: 506g
  • Languages: English