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Wild love and the Russian menace Part 2.

Wild love and the Russian menace Part 2.

In Black and White · Herald Sun

November 15, 202325m 42s

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Show Notes

Adelaide Ironside's life was as improbable as her name. She held court with princes, poets, and the Pope. She became a celebrated painter in Europe, where she was known as 'the Australian flower'. But it was an act of creativity in the midst of the Crimean War when Sydneysiders feared a Russian invasion that first made her famous.

Historian Kiera Lindsey joins the show with more.

More about Lindsey's book 'Wild Love' at: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Kiera-Lindsey-Wild-Love-9781760296759/

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