The Broad Arrow : Being The Story Of Maida Gwynnham, A 'Lifer' In Van Diemen's Land

The tragic story of a young woman transported for a crime she did not commit... Some fifteen years before Marcus Clarke's classic For the Term of His Natural Life was first published in 1874, this equally moving story of a female convict and her life in Van Diemen's Land had already appeared. It is a tale of how the young and beautiful Maida Gwynnham falls victim first to an unscrupulous lover and then to a terrible misunderstanding with the police. As a result of these events, she is charged with "the wilful murder of her child". Tried and found guilty, she is condemned to be transported for the term of her natural life..