The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable by Carol Baxter

The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable: A true tale of passion, poison and pursuit (Britain's Oneworld, 2013) This is an unputdownable story of an extraordinary partnership and a fresh retelling of one of Australia's greatest bushranging stories.Īwards: Equal first in the Society of Women Writers Biennial Awards (Nonfiction category), 2013 Ĭompellingly written and richly detailed, Captain Thunderbolt and his Lady has it all - action, drama, and two protagonists who defied social conventions for freedom. Intelligent and beautiful, Mary Ann Bugg dressed like a man, rode like a man, and helped keep Thunderbolt ahead of the troopers and trackers intent on pursuing him to the end. She was his chief lieutenant, his eyes and ears. Driven into banditry by injustice, this colonial Robin Hood, magnificent horseman and skilled bushman was celebrated by his victims as vigorously as he was hunted by the law. 'Bail up!' demanded Captain Thunderbolt before he shouted the bar with the innkeeper's own profits. This is the true story of Captain Thunderbolt and his lady. A full-time writer and speaker, she lives in Sydney.He was the gentleman bushranger.

She is a Fellow of the Society of Australian Genealogists and an adjunct lecturer at the University of New England (NSW). These helped her to discover the subjects for her tales of true crime. Previously, she was General Editor of the Biographical Database of Australia and, before that, Project Officer of the Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record, in which roles she edited many records relating to convicts transported to Australia to serve out their sentences. A full-time wri Carol Baxter is the prize-winning author of three popular histories with a criminal bent – ' An Irresistible Temptation', ' Breaking the Bank' and ' Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady' – all of which have been published to critical acclaim in her native Australia. Carol Baxter is the prize-winning author of three popular histories with a criminal bent – ' An Irresistible Temptation', ' Breaking the Bank' and ' Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady' – all of which have been published to critical acclaim in her native Australia.

The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable by Carol Baxter