The Remarkable Mrs Reibey

Grantlee Kieza, Deidre Rubenstein

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ABC Audio
03 May 2023

Biography: general; History; Audiobooks - Non-fiction

As a teenage orphan in England in 1791, Mary Reibey was sentenced to death for stealing a horse. When police cornered her, she was dressed as a boy, and she maintained that disguise until she was unmasked at her trial. Due to her 'tender age', Reibey was spared the hangman's noose and sentenced to seven years' transportation to the colony of New South Wales. With the odds stacked against her, Reibey went on to become Australia's first female business tycoon and the richest woman in the colony, founding the Bank of New South Wales (Westpac), now one of the nation's biggest financial institutions.

In this engaging and meticulously researched portrait, the acclaimed author of bestsellers such as Mrs Kelly, Banks, Banjo and Monash, brings to life the woman immortalised on the Australian $20 note.

By: Grantlee Kieza
Read by: Deidre Rubenstein
Imprint: ABC Audio
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Simultaneous Release
Dimensions: Height: 134mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 273g
ISBN: 9781038641854
ISBN 10: 1038641853
Publication Date: 03 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: CD-Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Award-winning journalist Grantlee Kieza OAM held senior editorial positions at The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph and The Courier-Mail for many years and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his writing. He is a Walkley Award finalist and the author of twenty-one acclaimed books, including bestsellers Hudson Fysh, The Kelly Hunters, Lawson, Banks, Macquarie, Banjo, Mrs Kelly, Monash, Sons of the Southern Cross and Bert Hinkler. Deidre Rubenstein is regarded as one of Australia's most accomplished actresses. As a stage actress, she has starred in productions with all major Australian theatre companies, and has created three highly acclaimed one-woman shows which have toured Australia and overseas. As a film actress, Deidre won an Australian Film Industry (AFI) award for Best Actress in the mini-series Palace of Dreams. Deidre is also a multi-award-winning narrator. Audiobooks narrated for Bolinda include Elizabeth Costello by Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee, Gilgamesh by Joan London, Elizabeth Harrower novels as well as ABC titles Australian Heroines of World War One, Miss Muriel Matters and Mrs Kelly.

Reviews for The Remarkable Mrs Reibey

'Kieza is a prolific and successful biographer ... He has a fluid writing style in which he wears his research lightly, yet it is thoroughly annotated.' (on Banks) -- Spectator Australia 'The author writes with the immediacy of a fine documentary ... an easy, informative read, bringing historic personalities to life.' -- Ballarat Courier