by Nancy Cato · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782724220476
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«L'Australienne» is the historical and romantic novel by Nancy Cato, published by France Loisirs in paperback (549 pages, in French).
The novel follows Philadelphia Gordon, a young Englishwoman who, after being shipwrecked and orphaned on the coast of Victoria in 1890, builds her life along the Murray River in Echuca. Between the rugged beauty of river navigation and Melbourne's social life, she is torn between her career as a painter and the love of Captain Brenton Edwards.
Originally published in 1958 as «All the Rivers Run», this 1984 French edition includes the translation by Brice Matthieussent.
For lovers of historical fiction, family sagas, and stories set in Australia.
Nancy Fotheringham Cato was an Australian writer who published more than twenty historical novels, biographies and volumes of poetry. Cato is also known for her work campaigning on environmental and conservation issues.
