Beyond The Blue Mountains Author:Jean Plaidy Beyond the Blue Mountains: Brutal England of George III, London Slums, Horrors of House of Corrections, Convict Ship, Prison Life in Penal Colony, Auction Block & Slavery — "Three women followed the beam of love across four decades, from an old world to a new. Kitty Kennedy, alone in the brutal England of George II, lost her lover to pri... more »son before she could be married to give their coming child a legal name leaving her in a loveless marriage, the squalor of London slums and death on the convict ship bound for Australia. Enter Carolan, under the dubious protection of Squire Haredon with increasing danger from him as she ripened into maturity. It brought flight, the love of a thief, and menial service in the penal colony below the Equator. But for Katharine, born to freedom in the new land, the slate was clean. She found the fulfillment her grandmother had missed and her mother had been denied. "
A vivid and convincing story of England and Australia in the late 18 century and early 19 century.
Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, and Philippa Carr were the main pen-names of Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert (1906-1993)« less
Story of three generations of passionate and strong willed women who knew how to get what they wanted. Kitty Kennedy, Carolan Haredon, Katharine Masterman