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'The Broad Arrow is much more than a romantic story ... the main Van Diemen’s Land part is absorbing ... every page tells the reader something about the colony. This is an important book for the historian and for anyone interested in nineteenth century Tasmania.' -- Alison Alexander * Papers and Proceedings: Tasmanian Historical Research Association * ‘This new edition of The Broad Arrow is not just the definitive edition of a hugely important colonial novel which should be read on its own terms, but is a valuable contribution to textual scholarship, and will undoubtedly remain a reference work for years to come.’ -- Tim Causer * Journal of Australian Colonial History * ""Altogether, Mead’s critical edition of The Broad Arrow is a welcome, comprehensive and assiduously researched investigation of the history of a narrative that reinforces interest in material and literary histories of nineteenth-century Australian fiction. Moreover, Mead graciously refrains from any unnecessary adulation of Leakey’s work and successfully situates The Broad Arrow at an intersection of various literary, cultural and historical trajectories that open up significant new avenues of enquiry."" -- Narelle Ontivero * Australian Literary Studies *
