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The Ambitions of Jane Franklin : Victorian Lady Adventurer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (317 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781743433966
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Ambitions of Jane FranklinDDC classification:
  • 910.92
LOC classification:
  • G246.F68 .A43 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Part Title -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Imprint page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A girl who did not fit in -- Chapter 2: The Franklin connection -- Chapter 3: An occasional marriage -- Chapter 4: To Van Dieman's Land -- Chapter 5: The governor's lady -- Chapter 6: The home front -- Picture section -- Chapter 7: Female convicts -- Chapter 8: Improving the colony -- Chapter 9: The Aborigines -- Picture section -- Chapter 10: Mount Wellington, Sydney and beyond -- Chapter 11: Three women's lives -- Chapter 12: The political question -- Chapter 13: Jane Franklin v. John Montagu -- Chapter 14: John Franklin disappears -- Chapter 15: Jane Franklin's Search -- Chapter 16: Family upsets -- Chapter 17: Victory -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: A genius at publicity before the term existed, Jane Franklin was a celebrity in the mid-19th century. This is her remarkable life, including her extensive travels, her years in Tasmania as the governor's wife, and her very public battle to save her husband, the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, from accusations of cannibalism.
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Intro -- Part Title -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Imprint page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A girl who did not fit in -- Chapter 2: The Franklin connection -- Chapter 3: An occasional marriage -- Chapter 4: To Van Dieman's Land -- Chapter 5: The governor's lady -- Chapter 6: The home front -- Picture section -- Chapter 7: Female convicts -- Chapter 8: Improving the colony -- Chapter 9: The Aborigines -- Picture section -- Chapter 10: Mount Wellington, Sydney and beyond -- Chapter 11: Three women's lives -- Chapter 12: The political question -- Chapter 13: Jane Franklin v. John Montagu -- Chapter 14: John Franklin disappears -- Chapter 15: Jane Franklin's Search -- Chapter 16: Family upsets -- Chapter 17: Victory -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A genius at publicity before the term existed, Jane Franklin was a celebrity in the mid-19th century. This is her remarkable life, including her extensive travels, her years in Tasmania as the governor's wife, and her very public battle to save her husband, the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, from accusations of cannibalism.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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