The Amazing Mrs Livesey. The Remarkable Story Of Australia's Greatest Imposter

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: St Leonards
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: First Edition

Description: 303 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The truly remarkable life of the notorious Ethel Livesey, a serial fraudster and confidence trickster who became a media sensation after she ran out on her society wedding in 1945 and was later arrested for obtained goods by false pretences. Ethel Livesey was quite a gal. An attractive young woman from a respectable middle-class family in Manchester, she had over 40 aliases, eight official marriages, four children and five divorces. Her story stretches from industrial England to the French Riviera, from Ireland to New York, Shanghai, New Zealand, the Isle of Man and across Australia. Ethel claimed she was a cotton heiress, wartime nurse, casino hostess, stowaway, artist, opera singer, gambler, spy, close friend of the King, air raid warden, charity queen and even wife of Australian test cricketer Jack Fingleton. When her career imploded (with the abandonment of her glittering society marriage in post-war Sydney just two hours before the guests were due to arrive), the story of the Amazing Mrs Livesey was blazoned across newspapers around the world. But what was fact and what was fiction With a prologue by Ethel Liveseys granddaughter, this extraordinary and constantly surprising story of the woman who was possibly Australias greatest fraudster is told for the first time in rich and fascinating detail. About the Author Freda Marnie Nicholls lives and works on her husbands family farm in Gundagai in southern New South Wales. She was a rural journalist for fourteen years during which time she had the pleasure of interviewing many interesting people. She believes that everyone has a story. Industry Reviews This is one of those yarns from Australian history that makes you wonder why a film hasnt been made about it... it is a lively retelling of the tale that should have producers knocking on Nichollss door soon. * Daily Telegraph (Sydney) *Its an entertaining story with attention to detail - explained in the authors notes at the end of the book as factional history, real and imagined people and events woven together. It seems an enterprise worthy of Mrs Livesey herself. * Herald Sun *

ISBN: 9781760290146