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For years, Alfred, the eldest son of the Bligh family, has traveled the world like a vagabond. However, since he is a poor communicator, his whereabouts and activities are often left to his family's imagination. One morning, as the Bligh family gather around their breakfast... Read Full Overview

Today, a family would think nothing of the fact that one of their sons had fallen in love with an Australian woman. In the stodgy nineteenth century, however, the news was taken somewhat differently. Indeed, for the proper British Bligh family in E. W. Hornung's A Bride From... Read Full Overview

There was consternation in the domestic camp of Mr. Justice Bligh on the banks of theThames. It was a Sunday morning in early summer. Three-fourths of the family sat inominous silence before the mockery of a well-spread breakfast-table: Sir James and LadyBligh and their second... Read Full Overview

There was consternation in the domestic camp of Mr. Justice Bligh on the banks of theThames. It was a Sunday morning in early summer. Three-fourths of the family sat inominous silence before the mockery of a well-spread breakfast-table: Sir James and LadyBligh and their second... Read Full Overview

A Bride from the Bush is the first novel written by E. W. Hornung. He started writing the book while working as a tutor for Charles Joseph Parsons in Mossgiel Station, New South Wales, Australia. The novel was initially published by Smith, Elder & Co. as a serial in the Cornhill... Read Full Overview

For years, Alfred, the eldest son of the Bligh family, has traveled the world like a vagabond. However, since he is a poor communicator, his whereabouts and activities are often left to his family's imagination. One morning, as the Bligh family gather around their breakfast... Read Full Overview

There was consternation in the domestic camp of Mr Justice Bligh on the banks of the Thames. It was a Sunday morning in early summer. Three-fourths of the family sat in ominous silence before the mockery of a well-spread breakfast-table: Sir James and Lady Bligh and their second... Read Full Overview

A Bride from the Bush is the first novel written by E. W. Hornung.He started writing the book while working as a tutor for Charles Joseph Parsons in Mossgiel Station, New South Wales, Australia. The novel was initially published by Smith, Elder & Co. as a serial in the Cornhill... Read Full Overview

Today, a family would think nothing of the fact that one of their sons had fallen in love with an Australian woman. In the stodgy nineteenth century, however, the news was taken somewhat differently. Indeed, for the proper British Bligh family in E. W. Hornung's A Bride From... Read Full Overview

A Bride from The Bush

A Bride from the Bush is the first novel written by E. W. Hornung. He started writing the book while working as a tutor for Charles Joseph Parsons in Mossgiel Station, New South Wales, Australia. The novel was initially published by Smith, Elder & Co. as a serial in the Cornhill... Read Full Overview

A Bride from the Bush is the first novel written by E. W. Hornung. He started writing the book while working as a tutor for Charles Joseph Parsons in Mossgiel Station, New South Wales, Australia. The novel was initially published by Smith, Elder & Co. as a serial in the Cornhill... Read Full Overview

Today, a family would think nothing of the fact that one of their sons had fallen in love with an Australian woman. In the stodgy nineteenth century, however, the news was taken somewhat differently. Indeed, for the proper British Bligh family in E. W. Hornung's A Bride From... Read Full Overview

A Bride from the Bush is the first novel written by E. W. Hornung. He started writing the book while working as a tutor for Charles Joseph Parsons in Mossgiel Station, New South Wales, Australia. The novel was initially published by Smith, Elder & Co. as a serial in the Cornhill... Read Full Overview

A Bride From The Bush is a novel written by Ernest William Hornung and first published in 1897. The story revolves around the character of Dick Marston, a young man who leaves his comfortable life in England to seek adventure in the Australian outback. While there, he falls in... Read Full Overview

A Bride From The Bush is a novel written by Ernest William Hornung in 1897. The story is set in the Australian outback and follows the life of a young woman named Jeanie Melville. Jeanie is the daughter of a wealthy landowner and has grown up in luxury. However, she is unhappy... Read Full Overview