No hearts of gold
French, Jackie, 1953-2021
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Indulged and wealthy Kat Fitzhubert is sold in an arranged marriage to a colony across the world. Lady Viola Montefiore is the dark-skinned changeling of a ducal family, kept hidden and then shipped away. Titania Boot is as broad as a carthorse, and as useful. On the long sea voyage from their homeland of England, these three women are fast bonded in an unlikely friendship. In the turmoil of 1850s Australia - which has reinvented itself from convict colony to a land of gold rushes and illusive riches - one woman forges a business empire, while another turns to illegal brewery, working alongside a bushranger as the valleys around her are destroyed. The third vanishes on her wedding day, in a scandal that will intrigue and mystify Sydney's polite society and beyond.
Main title:
No hearts of gold / Jackie French.
Author:
French, Jackie, 1953-, author
Work:
Imprint:
[Sydney, NSW] : Angus & Robertson, an imprint of HarperCollins Australia, 2021.©2021.
Collation:
409 pages ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
"Three women whose hearts are forged by friendship and stronger than gold."-- on cover.
ISBN:
9781460757925 (paperback)1460757920
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
Women pioneers -- Australia -- New South Wales -- FictionOcean travel -- FictionWomen -- Australia -- FictionMan-woman relationships -- FictionBusinesswomen -- Australia -- FictionWomen pioneers -- New South Wales -- FictionFemale friendship -- FictionArranged marriage -- FictionEngland -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- FictionNew South Wales -- Social conditions -- 1788-1851 -- FictionAustralia -- History -- 1788-1900 -- FictionAustralian fictionAction and adventure fictionDomestic fictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
128303