{"product_id":"the-forgers-wife-paperback","title":"The Forger's Wife - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Lang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKen Gelder\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eRachael Weaver\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Lang was Australia's first locally born novelist, publishing early work in Sydney in the 1840s and going on to write several bestsellers. \u003cem\u003eThe Forger's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e (1856) is a lively adventure novel, set in an unruly colonial Sydney where everyone is on the make. The forger's wife is a young woman who follows her rakish husband out to Australia and struggles to survive as her marriage falls apart. She soon meets detective George Flower, a powerful man with a cavalier sense of justice and retribution. Flower literally controls the fortunes of the colony: taking on the local bushrangers, instructing colonial authorities, and helping himself to the spoils along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst serialised in \u003cem\u003eFraser's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e in 1853, \u003cem\u003eThe Forger's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e was popular in its day and was reprinted many times over. It is Australia's first detective novel - and most likely, the first detective novel in the Anglophone world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes an introduction by Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver, and a translation of the appendix by Sophie Zins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It is a powerful, if occasionally painful, book. It sells even now in all the colonies and in England by the thousand...'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Rolf Boldrewood on Australian Literature', \u003cem\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e (Melbourne), 20 May 1893\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 24, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752960459040,"sku":"9780987625304","price":23.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6af08232b0db2d9fba866fdc9748ec63.webp?v=1780008626","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-forgers-wife-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}