Author: Bassett, Marnie.
Title: The Governor's Lady: Mrs Philip Gidley King: An Australian Historical Narrative.
Description: Melbourne Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1956. 2nd ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in fair dustjacket), black & white photos, frontispiece, map, edgewear jacket (few tiny chips, lightly foxed covers & reverse side, few small stains), pages lightly toned & foxed, endpapers lightly toned, bookshop label front pastedown, protected by removable semi archival plastic sleeve. 131 pp. The adventurous life of Mrs King, who traveled with her husband, Governor Philip King, to the outposts of Sydney and Norfolk Island, far from the niceties of her English home. Mrs King recorded her observations of their life in a journal. This book is charming, full of interest and lively detail. The book provides an enjoyable look at Australian society in the early colonial years. Originally published, 1940.

Keywords: australian biography, australian history, governors, diaries, diary, new south wales (nsw), sydney, norfolk island, britain, collectible, collectable


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