Author: Cobbold, Rev. Richard
Title: The History Of Margaret Catchpole, A Suffolk Girl
Description: W Nicholson & Sons, 1888, reprint. Cloth, VG. 330pp+22pp publishers adverts, tipped in is a 4pp publishers advert for 'Marriage & Its Mysteries' one gather loose at the top stitch, spine faded & cheap paper yellowed, but still a fair copy on an uncommon edition. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Fictionalised account of the life of Margaret Catchpole [ 1771 - 1841 ] who was convicted in Suffolk for horse stealing & transported to Australia in 1801. Her letters & accounts of life in early Australia are a valuable source of daily life in New South Wales.

Keywords: biography, austrialia, suffolk, crime, history, austrialian history