The French Consul's Wife - Memoirs of Celeste De Chabrillan in Gold-rush Australia (Paperback, illustrated edition)

This memoir of Celeste de Chabrillan, former Parisian courtesan, circus performer, dancer, and wife of the French consul, offers a firsthand account of the years she spent in gold rush Victoria during the middle of the 19th century. De Chabrillan recounts stories of her childhood in the village of St. Kilda, her time spent in the Ballarat gold field, and her attendance of a public hanging and Governor Hotham's "beer ball." The publication of this memoir, which includes descriptions of her illegitimate birth, miserable adolescence, and celebrity career as a bareback rider and polka dancer, resulted in de Chabrillan's ostracism from Melbourne society and her being nicknamed the consul's "harlot spouse."

General

Imprint:	Melbourne University Press
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	April 1999
First published:	September 2003
Authors:	Patricia Clancy • Jeanne Allen
Dimensions:	234 x 160 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-522-85066-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	0-522-85066-9
Barcode:	9780522850666

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