The Mayne Inheritance
Author: Siemon, Rosamond
ISBN: 9780702234224
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2003
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 193mm x 131mm x 15mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Opening with a macabre mid-nineteenth century murder, The Mayne Inheritance unfolds like a gothic thriller. Was it the murder victim's money that founded patriarch Patrick Mayne's 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.
ISBN: 9780702234224
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2003
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 193mm x 131mm x 15mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Opening with a macabre mid-nineteenth century murder, The Mayne Inheritance unfolds like a gothic thriller. Was it the murder victim's money that founded patriarch Patrick Mayne's 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.
