The Mayne Inheritance. A Gothic Tale Of Murder, Madness And Scandal Across The Generations

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fair
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Publisher Place: St Lucia
Publisher Year: 1999
Edition: Reprint

Description: 214 pages. Book is in Fair condition, there is some general wear, but still presentable.

Publishers Description: Opening with a macabre mid-nineteenth century murder, The Mayne Inheritance unfolds like a gothic thriller. Was it the murder victims money that founded patriarch Patrick Maynes Queen Street business empire And were the whispered accusations of murder and genetic madness true For 150 years, scandal and mystery have surrounded the Maynes, a wealthy family who donated the magnificent site on which the University of Queensland now stands. A gothic tale of murder, madness and scandal across the generations ... Mad nuns, suspicious doctors, drownings, murder as foul as fevered imaginations can devise. - Rosemary Sorensen, The Courier-Mail This real-life thriller has been selling and selling ... and has rarely left the bestseller lists. - Matt Condon, Sun Herald

ISBN: 9780702230592