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Henrietta Drake-Brockman (1901–1968)

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Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances York
Andra namn
Drake, Henry (pseudonym)
Födelsedag
1901-07-27
Avled
1968-03-08
Begravningsplats
Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Kön
female
Nationalitet
Australia
Födelseort
Perth, Australia
Dödsort
Australia
Bostadsorter
Melbourne, Australia
Utbildning
University of Western Australia
Yrken
playwright
writer
journalist
novelist
Relationer
Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey (husband)
Priser och utmärkelser
OBE (1967)
Kort biografi
Henrietta Drake-Brockman, née Henrietta Frances York Jull, was born in Perth, Western Australia, the only child of Martin Edward Jull, an English-born public servant, and his wife Roberta Stewart Jull, a doctor and social reformer from Scotland. Henrietta was educated at boarding school in Scotland and at Frensham school in Mittagong. She studied literature at the University of Western Australia and art in Henri Van Raalte's studio in Perth. In 1921, she married Geoffrey Drake-Brockman, a civil engineer and army officer then serving as Commissioner of the new North-West Department. She accompanied her husband on his travels and began to publish sketches and stories in The Western Australian under the pseudonym "Henry Drake." Her experiences also provided material for her novels, beginning with The Disquieting Sex, serialized in the early 1930s. Blue North, an historical novel about Australian life in the 1870s, was published in 1934, followed by Sheba Lane (1936), Younger Sons (1937), The Fatal Days (1947), and The Wicked and The Fair (1957). Her final book, the nonfiction Voyage To Disaster (1963), concerned the 1629 voyage of the Batavia and its captain Francisco Pelsaert, based on extensive research in Dutch archives, Pelsaert's journals, and trips by sea and air to the probable site of the wreck. She edited and selected some Aboriginal tales collected and translated by K. Langloh Parker for a new edition of Australian Legendary Tales in 1953. Henrietta also wrote plays in the 1930s and '40s, some of which were staged in Perth, including The Man from the Bush (1932), Dampier's Ghost (1934) and The Blister (1937). Her best-known play, Men Without Wives, won a drama prize in 1938. She was one of the founders of the West Australian Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, serving as the president in 1941 and again in 1956–1957. She was awarded an OBE in 1967.

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This is a good novelized version of the 1629 wreck of the Dutch ship, Batavia, off the west coast of Australia. It's uneven. Some parts are great while others are slow. The point of view shifts around, oddly at times. And the author skips over some key plot points, like Wiebbe Hayes capturing the villain, Jeronimus Cornelisz. The parts that focus on the point of view of the heroine, Lucretia, are well told and compelling. The author shows Lucretia's as vulnerable, scared and desperate not to believe Cornelisz is as terrible as he seems until she has to face it. Lucretia's struggles to stay alive and sane are interesting and awful to contemplate. Years after writing this novel, Drake-Brockman played a role in finding the wreck of the Batavia.… (mer)
 
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18
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Medlemmar
109
Popularitet
#178,011
Betyg
½ 3.6
Recensioner
1
ISBN
6

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