Maggie Joel - The Unforgiving City
Wed, 30 Oct
|Better Read Than Dead
Set in colonial Sydney in the final weeks of the nineteenth century, The Unforgiving City by Maggie Joel is an evocative and sweeping story of three people, their passions and ambitions, and the far-flung ripples their choices will cause. Maggie is in-conversation with Suzanne Leal.


Time & Location
30 Oct 2019, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
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About The Event
Set in colonial Sydney in the final weeks of the nineteenth century, The Unforgiving City by Maggie Joel is an evocative and sweeping story of three people, their passions and ambitions, and the far-flung ripples their choices will cause.
Maggie is in-conversation with Suzanne Leal.
About the Book
Secrets and lies throw three lives into chaos in the last days of the nineteenth century.
'If you love Australian history combined with a gripping saga, The Unforgiving City is an excellent read.' - The Weekly Times
Colonial Sydney in the final weeks of the nineteenth century: a city striving for union and nationhood but dogged by divisions so deep they threaten to derail, not just the Federation, but the colony itself. There are chasms opening too when a clandestine note reaches the wrong hands in the well-to-do household of aspiring politician Alasdair Dunlevy and his wife Eleanor. Below stairs,…
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