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Book 4 - Lady Cecilia of Swan River Colony
Written and published by Maxwell A. Jefferies
Lady Cecilia of the Swan River Colony is a historical fiction novel of quiet strength, seen through the eyes of a woman who observes more than she is permitted to say.
When Cecilia Braithwaite accompanies her husband from England to the distant Swan River Colony in Western Australia, she leaves behind a life of certainty for a land still shaping its laws and loyalties. The long sea voyage aboard the last convict ship to Australia exposes her to men condemned by the Empire; some broken by their crimes, others sustained only by their unyielding beliefs. Cecilia watches, listens and remembers.
In the fledgling colony, she moves through drawing rooms, social engagements, riverbanks and prison corridors, witnessing the uneasy balance between punishment and reform. Irish political prisoners endure long exile under careful watch, and Cecilia finds herself drawn into the quiet moral questions that their presence raises; questions for which neither her faith, position nor obedience provide easy answers.
Through times of rapid change for her family and the Colony, events unfold beyond her influence, yet not beyond her understanding, Cecilia must learn where compassion ends and duty begins, whether silence itself can become a form of choice.
Grounded in documented history and written with restraint and emotional depth, Lady Cecilia of Swan River Colony is a novel about conscience, endurance and the power of a woman who sees clearly in a world governed by prejudice and rules.
Written and published by Maxwell A. Jefferies
Lady Cecilia of the Swan River Colony is a historical fiction novel of quiet strength, seen through the eyes of a woman who observes more than she is permitted to say.
When Cecilia Braithwaite accompanies her husband from England to the distant Swan River Colony in Western Australia, she leaves behind a life of certainty for a land still shaping its laws and loyalties. The long sea voyage aboard the last convict ship to Australia exposes her to men condemned by the Empire; some broken by their crimes, others sustained only by their unyielding beliefs. Cecilia watches, listens and remembers.
In the fledgling colony, she moves through drawing rooms, social engagements, riverbanks and prison corridors, witnessing the uneasy balance between punishment and reform. Irish political prisoners endure long exile under careful watch, and Cecilia finds herself drawn into the quiet moral questions that their presence raises; questions for which neither her faith, position nor obedience provide easy answers.
Through times of rapid change for her family and the Colony, events unfold beyond her influence, yet not beyond her understanding, Cecilia must learn where compassion ends and duty begins, whether silence itself can become a form of choice.
Grounded in documented history and written with restraint and emotional depth, Lady Cecilia of Swan River Colony is a novel about conscience, endurance and the power of a woman who sees clearly in a world governed by prejudice and rules.
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Book 4 - Times of Change Series
Historical Fiction Novels - Events That Changed Australia
Historical Fiction Novels - Events That Changed Australia
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Lady Cecilia of Swan River Colony
247 pages - gloss cover paperback
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247 pages - gloss cover paperback
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