Merlyn
The Life and Times of Merlyn Baillieu Myer
$63.50
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2021
Summary
The illustrious life of Merlyn Baillieu Myer (1900–1982) spanned more than three-quarters of the twentieth century. Born in Queenscliff, on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, the third of four children of a prosperous family of hoteliers, Merlyn was propelled from being a shy and timid child into becoming one of Australia’s grandest, most celebrated philanthropic and social figures.
Her life was transformed when, in San Francisco on her twentieth birthday in 1920, Merlyn married departme…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781743798096 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1743798091 |
| Author: | Michael Shmith |
| Publisher: | Hardie Grant Books |
| Imprint: | Hardie Grant Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.39kg |
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Michael Shmith
Michael Shmith is a Melbourne-born writer and editor. For many years he was on the staff of The Age. He contributes regularly to Opera magazine in the United Kingdom and locally to Australian Book Review. He is the author of Cranlana, the First 100 Years: the house, the garden and the people (Hardie Grant, 2019).
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