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An irresistible temptation : the true story of Jane New and a colonial scandal

Carol Baxter
In 1829 at the Supreme Court in Sydney, the bewitching Jane New was sentenced to death. Her crime: shoplifting a bolt of printed French silk. But was she guilty? Many had their doubts.Although a legal technicality soon quashed Jane's sentence, the autocratic Governor Ralph Darling refused to set her free.
Print Book, English, 2008
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Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, 2008
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x, 422 pages ; 23 cm
9781741754896, 1741754895
236490508
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