{"title":"Carol Baxter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarol Baxter\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into richly detailed worlds of historical lives with an engaging blend of biography and memoir. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eAn Irresistible Temptation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCaptain Thunderbolt and His Lady\u003c\/em\u003e, explore intriguing personal stories woven through captivating historical events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor those drawn to vivid narratives that bring past figures to life, Baxter's books offer a thoughtful journey into the human experience behind the headlines. Her writing balances factual insight with a narrative style that appeals to lovers of history and storytelling alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"captain-thunderbolt-and-his-lady-by-carol-baxter-9781742372877","title":"Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was the gentleman bushranger... she was the woman who rode with him. This is the true story of \u003cem\u003eCaptain Thunderbolt and His Lady\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Bail up!' demanded Captain Thunderbolt before he shouted the bar with the inn keeper's own profits. Driven into banditry by injustice, this colonial Robin Hood, magnificent horseman and skilled bushman was celebrated by his victims as vigorously as he was hunted by the law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe was his chief lieutenant, his eyes and his ears. Intelligent and beautiful, Mary Ann Bugg dressed as a man, rode like a man, and helped keep Thunderbolt ahead of the troopers and trackers intent on pursuing him to his end. Until one day...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCompellingly written and richly detailed, \u003cem\u003eCaptain Thunderbolt and His Lady\u003c\/em\u003e has it all - action, drama, and two protagonists who defied social conventions for freedom. This is an unputdownable story of an extraordinary partnership and a fresh retelling of one of Australia's greatest bushranging stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46800215113964,"sku":"9781742372877","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9630453482808.jpg?v=1757277181"},{"product_id":"an-irresistible-temptation-by-carol-baxter-9781741754896","title":"An Irresistible Temptation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough a legal technicality soon quashed Jane's sentence, the autocratic Governor Ralph Darling refused to set her free. Like bees to the honey pot, the gentlemen of Sydney swarmed to Jane's defence, including barrister and political agitator William Charles Wentworth and Supreme Court Registrar John Stephen Jr, who were both vigorous and manipulative in their appeals to set her free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Irresistible Temptation\u003c\/i\u003e is set against the backdrop of a particularly divisive period in colonial New South Wales. Not only did the scandal titillate Sydney and its legal and political ramifications push the colony to the brink of a constitutional crisis, but it contributed to the savagery of Governor Darling's public vilification and bestowed upon Jane New a place in the annals of Australian colonial history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCompelling and fast-paced, \u003ci\u003eAn Irresistible Temptation\u003c\/i\u003e is a meticulously researched history that takes us from the court docks of industrialising England, to Tasmania's raw penal settlement, the rough-house world of Sydney's Rocks and eventually back to the rarefied atmosphere of Britain's House of Commons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48147214663916,"sku":"9781741754896","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781741754896-an-irresistible-temptation.jpg?v=1786445959"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/carol-baxter.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}