A fascinating story of Governor Bligh's trouble-making daughter, Mary, a powerful and determined woman from the bestselling author ofElizabeth and Elizabeth.

Mary Bligh is no shrinking violet. After an horrific six-month sea voyage from Britain, she proves as strong-willed as her
father, the bloody-minded, newly appointed Governor William Bligh, and the pair immediately scandalise Sydney with their
personalities, his politics and her pantaloons.
And when three hundred armed soldiers of the Rum Rebellion march on Government House to depose him, the Governor
is nowhere to be seen as Mary stands defiantly at the gates, fighting them back with just her parasol.
Despite being bullied, belittled and betrayed, Mary remains steadfast, even when her desperate father double-crosses her
yet again in his last-ditch attempt to cling onto power. But will Mary turn out to be her father's daughter and deceive him in
pursuit of her own dreams and ambitions?
Sue Williams returns to the untold stories of?the women of colonial Sydney with another fascinating, meticulously
researched historical novel.