The French Consul's Wife

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

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Publisher's 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780522850666
Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
Imprint: Melbourne University Publishing
Pub date:
DEWEY: 792.028092
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 506g
Height: 234mm
Width: 160mm
Spine width: 26mm