The Cardboard Crown (Paperback)

Martin Boyd

ISBN 10: 1922079413 / ISBN 13: 9781922079411

Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2012

About this Item

Paperback. Introduced by Brenda NiallThis remarkable novel, first published to a chorus of acclaim in 1952, is one of the lost classics of Australian literature. Martin Boyd is a deeply humane novelist, a writer of family sagas without peer. Set in Australia and England in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, The Cardboard Crown presents an unforgettable portrait of an upper middle-class family who love both countries but are not quite at home in either.At the centre of this scintillating and immensely readable novel is Alice Verso, whose unexpected marriage to Austin Langton not only brings financial stability to the Langtons but founds an Anglo-Australian dynasty. But when her grandson finds her diaries and begins to uncover her story he chances on an intricate web of deception and reveals the complex fate of his family over three generations.Features an introduction by one of Australia's best-known and award-winning biographers, Brenda Niall. A lost classic of Australian literature. Boyd is a deeply humane novelist, a writer of family sagas without peer. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cardboard Crown (Paperback)
• Publisher: Text Publishing, Melbourne
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1922079413
• ISBN 13: 9781922079411
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

"A rueful, cheerfully savage novel . . . lit with unearthly fires and enchantments."—The New York Times

It is 1949, and Guy Langton's house—like his family's fortunes—has seen better days. But when Guy finds his grandmother's diaries he chances on an intricate web of deception and reveals the complex fate of his family over three generations.

About the Author

Martin Boyd was born in Switzerland in 1893 into a family that was to achieve fame in the Australian arts. His first novel, Love Gods, was published in 1925. Three years later The Montforts appeared, under the pseudonym Martin Mills. International success came with Lucinda Brayford, followed by the Langton Quartet: The Cardboard Crown, A Difficult Young Man, Outbreak of Love and When Blackbirds Sing. In 1957 he went to Rome, where he lived and continued to write until his death in 1972.