The French Consul's Wife Memoirs of Celeste de Chabrillan in Gold-Rush Australia |
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| Author:
| Chabrillan, Celeste de |
| Translator:
| Clancy, Patricia |
| Introduction by:
| Clancy, Patricia |
| Editor:
| Allen, Jeanne |
| Series title: | Miegunyah Press Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-522-84775-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 1994 |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Publishing
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| Imprint: | Miegunyah Press, The |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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A former Parisian courtesan, bare-back-rider, and polka dancer, Céleste de Chabrillan scandalized Melbourne when she arrived in 1854. Her vivid account of years spent in diplomatic circles and on the goldfields reveals her great energy and will.
A former Parisian courtesan, bare-back-rider, and polka dancer, Céleste de Chabrillan scandalized Melbourne when she arrived in 1854. Her vivid account of years spent in diplomatic circles and on the goldfields reveals her great energy and will.