Lucinda Brayford

Author: Martin Boyd

Title: Lucinda Brayford

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 488

Release Date: 2011-06-16

Details: Lucinda Brayford (1946) chronicles three generations of an Anglo-Australian family around the turn of the twentieth century and contrasts both Australian and English societies. At the same time, the book is a sensitive study of one woman's life. Lucinda's family, originally arriving in Australia in disgrace, become wealthy though farming, eventually owning a magnificent house in Toorak where the cream of Melbourne society gathers for social events. Lucinda meets Captain Hugo Brayford and they marry and leave for England where her marriage fails. A life of ease and wealth in Melbourne is replaced by hardship and austerity in wartime England. Some of the anti-authoritarianism and pacifism that emerged from Martin Boyd's experiences in World War I can be seen in this book, considered by some to be his finest work.

EAN: 9780975086025

Package Dimensions: Height: 8.27 Inches, Length: 5.83 Inches, Weight: 1.1353806493 Pounds, Width: 1.1 Inches