The Mystery of the Handsome Man: The Double Life of John Lempriere Irvine

by Wayne Murdoch

Ranging from the convict settlement of Port Arthur, to the social heights of colonial Tasmanian Society, the goldrush towns of Ballarat and Bendigo, and the ballrooms of Marvellous Melbourne in the 1880s, this stranger-than-fiction book recounts the strange-but-true story of JL Irvine (1847-?). Banker, sporting champion, bon vivant, clubman, committee member, and friend to the colonial elites of Tasmania and Victoria, he was also a man with a secret;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0648760332
• ISBN13: 9780648760337
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Interventions Inc
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"