Book Launch @ Burnie Library with Janine Marshall Wood

Dont miss this exciting opportunity to attend the book launch of Australian author Janine Marshall Woods brand new title, No Ordinary Convict: A Welshman Called Rebecca.

The Rebecca Riots took place between 1839 and 1844 to protest primarily about excessive tolls imposed on travel across the Welsh countryside. It was a just cause in a harsh, poverty-stricken era; a serious movement imbued with a sense of the ridiculous. Each protest was led by a young man disguised as a woman, face blackened, who was called Rebecca. He was followed by hundreds of his raucous daughters.

John Hughes was a Rebecca. He was caught red-handed leading an attack to demolish a toll gate and tollhouse. Headline news across the Western world reported his trial, which resulted in transportation to a colony on the other side of the world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Janine Marshall Wood is a former History, English and French teacher, who grew up in Melbourne but has lived and worked in four Australian states and two territories. Her passions are family, friends, reading, history and genealogy.

Contact Burnie Library on 6477 7400 or email burnie.library@education.tas.gov.au for any enquiries.

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