Mayne Inheritance: A Gothic Tale of Murder, Madness and Scandal Across the Generations (AND Postscript)
Language: English
Published by Univ of Queensland Pr, 1997
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214 pages. Both books tidy - Text lightly tanned.*Includes the Postscript to The Mayne Inheritance by Rosamond Siemon. p>Opening with a macabre mid-nineteenth century murder, 'The Mayne Inheritance' unfolds like a gothic thriller. nded patriarch Patrick Mayne's Queen Street business empire? And were the whispe red accusations of murder and genetic madness true? l and mystery have surrounded the Maynes, a wealthy family who donated the magni ficent site on which the University of Queensland now stands. ale of murder, madness and scandal across the generations . Mad nuns, suspicio us doctors, drownings, murder as foul as fevered imaginations can devise.'- Rosemary Sorensen, The Courier-Mail ling and selling . and has rarely left the bestseller lists.'- Matt Condon , Sun Herald.
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- Title
- Mayne Inheritance: A Gothic Tale of Murder, Madness and Scandal Across the Generations (AND Postscript)
- Author
- Rosamond Siemon
- Publisher
- Univ of Queensland Pr
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0702230596
- ISBN 13
- 9780702230592
- Seller catalogs
- Australian History
Was it the murder victim's money that founded patriarch Patrick Mayne's Queen Street business empire? And were the whispered accusations of murder and genetic madness true?
For 150 years, scandal and mystery have surrounded the Maynes, a wealthy family who donated the magnificent site on which the University of Queensland now stands.
'A gothic tale of murder, madness and scandal across the generations ... Mad nuns, suspicious doctors, drownings, murder as foul as fevered imaginations can devise.'
- Rosemary Sorensen, The Courier-Mail
'This real-life thriller has been selling and selling ... and has rarely left the bestseller lists.'
- Matt Condon, Sun Herald
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