{"product_id":"9781760631345","title":"Elizabeth and Elizabeth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of how two women, who should have been bitter foes, combined their courage and wisdom to wield extraordinary power and influence behind the scenes of the fledgling colony.\u003cbr\u003e'I've waited for this moment so long, dreamed of it, prepared for it, I can barely believe it's finally here. But it is. And it is nothing like I expected.'\u003cbr\u003eThere was a short time in Australia's European history when two women wielded extraordinary power and influence behind the scenes of the fledgling colony.\u003cbr\u003eOne was Elizabeth Macquarie, the wife of the new governor Lachlan Macquarie, nudging him towards social reform and magnificent buildings and town planning. The other was Elizabeth Macarthur, credited with creating Australia's wool industry and married to John Macarthur, a dangerous enemy of the establishment.\u003cbr\u003eThese women came from strikingly different backgrounds with husbands who held sharply conflicting views. They should have been bitter foes. Elizabeth \u0026amp; Elizabeth is about two courageous women thrown together in impossible times.\u003cbr\u003eBorne out of an overriding admiration for the women of early colonial Australian history, Sue Williams has written a novel of enduring fascination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Sue+Williams\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eSue Williams\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sue Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379598311587,"sku":"9781760631345","price":400.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781760631345_cadd2cb4-691e-4c4e-b02a-0190e24acaf7.jpg?v=1776569601","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781760631345","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}