A Forger’s Tale: The Extraordinary Story of Henry Savery, Australia’s First Novelist by Rod Howard

Description ‘A fascinating narrative and a vivid picture of Van Diemen’s Land society in the early 19th century. An important contribution to Australian history.’ -Christopher Koch Meet the foolish forger and cuckolded convict Henry Savery, described by Thomas Keneally as ‘a man whose own story is as picaresque as anything inside the covers of a novel.’ Born to fortune but spurned by fate, a single act of folly launches young Henry into an extraordinary spiral of calamity. Banished to the end of the earth, bankrupt and betrayed, he surveys the gothic ruins of his past from an empty Hobart Town gaol cell – writing the thinly veiled autobiography that will become Australia’s first published novel. Specifications: Publisher: Arcade Publications Year: 2024 (first published 2011) Format: Paperback Pages: 197pp ISBN: 9780987171481 Other titles in this series: Chasing The Rainbow: EW Cole and the Bourke Street Book Arcade by Lisa Lang Making Modern Melbourne: From Illegal Village to Marvellous Metropolis by Jenny Lee Madame Brussels: Meet Marvellous Melbourne’s ‘Queen of Harlotry’ by LM Robinson MacRobertsonland: Melbourne Chocolate Entrepreneur Macpherson Robertson by Jill Robertson Melbourne Remade: The Gentrification of the City CBD by Seamus O’Hanlon The Hanging of Minnie Thwaites: Ballad of the Brunswick Baby Killer by Judith Rodriguez A Walking Shadow: The Remarkable Double Life of Edward Oxford by Jenny Sinclair Composite City: Arcade Almanac 2024 by Assorted Authors