The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh. A Penal Exile in Australia, 1825-1844. With an introduction by the late Earl of Birkenhead. With five illustrations.

Language: English

Published by London, Jonathan Cape, 1931

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Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, Cork, IrelandInanna Rare Books Ltd.

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19 cm. 349 pages. Facsimile illustrations in black and white. Original hardcover. Poor condition with strong signs of external wear. There is noticeable wear and discolouration to spine, which has become half detached; an inside page has been cut/torn; and the back page is slightly faded and worn. [The Llife and Letters Series - No.20]. James Rosenberg Tucker (1808-1888) was an Australian convict and author from Bristol, England. Under the pseudonym Giacomo di Rosenberg, Tucker wrote his autobiographical Ralph Rashleigh; or, The Life of an Exile in 1844. It was published in a heavily edited form in 1929, and his original manuscript was published in 1952. Tucker was convicted at the Chelmsford Spring Assizes on 3 March 1826 of blackmailing his cousin, James Stanyford Tucker. He was tried before Sir William Alexander, C.B., "On an indictment for sending a threatening letter.accus[ing] of an infamous crime" and sentenced to transportation for life. He was 18 years old at the time. The next year he was put aboard the convict ship Midas, which sailed for Sydney Cove. He arrived in Sydney in 1827 and worked at Emu Plains, New South Wales. Still a convict, he was sent to Port Macquarie in 1844. He was in Goulburn from 1849 to 1853. (Wikipedia).…

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Title
The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh. A Penal Exile in Australia, 1825-1844. With an introduction by the late Earl of Birkenhead. With five illustrations.
Author
Rashleigh, Ralph.
Publisher
London, Jonathan Cape
Publication year
1931
Condition
Befriedigend
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
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Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

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