I was left slightly disappointed when I finished this one. I love historical fiction but I thought that there was some truth to this one after reading the forward, only to find that there was in fact none! Well, there would have been some, but it is a work of fiction.
The Elizabeth in this novel was something to be proud of, a woman who lived in a very different time but managed to power through the glass ceiling of her pompous husband & societal constructs. It was interesting to read about the development of early Australia, even though it was hard to swallow the way our indigenous people were treated. Probably one of the things I liked most about this book was that Grenville attempted to show the truth of that time.
Still a good read.