Elizabeth & Elizabeth, Sue Williams
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Elizabeth & Elizabeth, Sue Williams
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fiction
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Elizabeth & Elizabeth
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Sue Williams
Summary
The story of how two women, who should have been bitter foes, combined their courage and wisdom to wield extraordinary power and influence behind the scenes of the fledgling colony. 'I've waited for this moment so long, dreamed of it, prepared for it, I can barely believe it's finally here. But it is. And it is nothing like I expected.' There was a short time in Australia's European history when two women wielded extraordinary power and influence behind the scenes of the fledgling colony. One was Elizabeth Macquarie, the wife of the new governor Lachlan Macquarie, nudging him towards social reform and magnificent buildings and town planning. The other was Elizabeth Macarthur, credited with creating Australia's wool industry and married to John Macarthur, a dangerous enemy of the establishment. These women came from strikingly different backgrounds with husbands who held sharply conflicting views. Elizabeth & Elizabeth is about two courageous women thrown together in impossible times
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adult
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- Macquarie, Elizabeth Henrietta, 1777-1835 -- Fiction
- Macarthur, John, 1767-1834 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Macarthur, Elizabeth, 1766-1850 -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Governors' spouses -- Australia -- Fiction
- Women farmers -- New South Wales -- Fiction
- Macquarie, Lachlan, 1761-1824 -- Fiction
- New South Wales -- Social life and customs -- 1760-1850 -- Fiction
- Letter writing -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Women pioneers -- New South Wales -- Fiction
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- Macquarie, Elizabeth Henrietta, 1777-1835 -- Fiction
- Macarthur, John, 1767-1834 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Macarthur, Elizabeth, 1766-1850 -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Governors' spouses -- Australia -- Fiction
- Women farmers -- New South Wales -- Fiction
- Macquarie, Lachlan, 1761-1824 -- Fiction
- New South Wales -- Social life and customs -- 1760-1850 -- Fiction
- Letter writing -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Women pioneers -- New South Wales -- Fiction
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- Author1