| Record Number |
739290 |
| ISBN |
9780143004561 (paperback) |
| 0143004565 (paperback) |
| Author |
Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-2012 author. |
| Title |
The potato factory / Bryce Courtenay. |
| Publisher/Date |
Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin, 2006. |
| ©1995. |
| Pagination etc. |
832 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Potato factory trilogy 1 |
| Contents note |
First published by William Heinemann Australia, 1995. |
| Summary Note |
Brothel mistress Hannah is Ikey Solomon's wife, whilst Mary is his sometimes mistress. When Hannah and Mary are banished to Australia, they set about raising their separate families. Ikey is drawn to the colony, where the destinies of both family groups are locked together by his greed. |
| Subject |
Convicts -- Tasmania -- Fiction |
| Criminals -- England -- London -- Fiction |
| Australian fiction |
| London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Tasmania -- Social conditions -- 1803-1900 -- Fiction |
| Historical fiction. |
| Shelf Location |
F COUR |
