The Worst Woman in Sydney: The Life and Crimes of Kate Leigh

by Leigh Straw

Matriarch of the criminal underworld ... or the Robin Hood of inner Sydney? The legend of Kate Leigh, Sydney's famed brothel madam, sly grog seller and drug dealer, has loomed large in TV's Underbelly and every other account of Sydney's criminal history from the 1920s to the 1960s. But she has never had a biography of her own. Despite having more than 100 criminal convictions to her name, Kate Leigh is also remembered as a local hero, giving money...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742234798
• ISBN13: 9781742234793
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"