In 1833, Samson Cameron sailed into Hobart Town with his new bride, the acclaimed actress Cordelia Bouchier. It was a town on the up, with a would-be high society, religious leaders jockeying for dominance, convicts toiling to erect grand sandstone buildings, and a pub on every corner.
What followed was a life of entrepreneurship, intense hard work and love, in one of Australia’s great theatrical partnerships.
From staging shows in taverns to opening Hobart’s Theatre Royal, from Hobart and Launceston to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, from success to financial ruin and scandal to success again, this novel imagines the life of Samson Cameron as he sought fame and fortune in colonial Australia.
TJ Lovat
About the author
TJ Lovat is a retired Australian academic. He has published numerous academic works and several historical fiction novels focusing primarily on nineteenth-century movements from the British Isles to colonial Australia.