Port Melbourne, Cambridge University Press first edition - h/c in d.j. Henry Handel Richardson is celebrated for her classic novels 'The Getting of Wisdom' and 'The Fortunes of Richard Mahony', yet her own life-story is still to be fully told. This enthralling book is the first complete biography of this enigmatic Australian literary icon. Beginning with her traumatic childhood, it then traces in detail the largely unknown story of the eleven formative years she spent on the continent. 236 x 158mm., pp. xx, 326, b/w plates, notes, index. Dust jacket sl. rubbed. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0521840554

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Bookseller: EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS (AU)
Bookseller Inventory #: 0177554eb8b7158bb9abe263
Title: HENRY HANDEL RICHARDSON - A Life
Author: ACKLAND, Michael
Book condition: Used
Edition: first edition - h/c in d.j.
Binding: Unknown
ISBN 10: 0521840554
ISBN 13: 9780521840552
Publisher: Port Melbourne, Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date published: 2004

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