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Image of A Burglar's Life
Author Mark Jeffrey
Binding Paperback
Edition Standard
Condition Brand New
Item Status New, available and in stock
Publisher Wellington Bridge Press
Release Date 11 Jan 2022
Price
$24.95
Weight 0.285kg
ISBN 9781921767302

The story of Port Arthur's notorious grave digger.

Mark Jeffery (1825-1894) was a rather colourful convict who had been the resident grave digger on the Isle of the Dead at the penal settlement of Port Arthur.

This is a facsimile of his biographical memoir, A Burglar's Life, originally published in 1893 and undoubtedly ghost-written in the first person.

Is is the story of a man, in his own words, who was initially transported for fifteen years after being charged with burglary and then attempted murder. He spent nearly four decades as a convict in the penal institutions of both Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land.