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Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush : Introduction single work   criticism   biography  
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush : Introduction
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    Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush Arthur (Mrs.) Davitt , 1865 single work novel crime mystery Scottish immigrant squatter Mr McAlpin is found murdered. Suspicion centres on Herbert Lindsey who is betrothed to McAlpin's daughter Flora. McAlpin's overseer Pierce Silverton also loves Flora and tells her that Herbert has married someone else. In her despair, she agrees to marry Silverton. Silverton is strangled by the man whom he paid to murder McAlpin and who is blackmailing him. Flora marries Herbert and they stay in Australia. Cook : Mulini Press , 1993 pg. i-ix
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Subjects:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • 1850s
  • 1870s
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