{"product_id":"9780702258336","title":"Queensland Years of Robert Herbert, Premier: Letters and Papers","description":"'Herbert’s informal, pithy lettersdescribe the “upper middle class”social scene, together with theeconomic and political realities of anewly-created colony. Theirsubjects range from a description ofa Quensland election to a report ofhis camping and cruising holidays;from complaints of severe “social”seasons and other “abominations”to eating oysters or making ice;from caustic comments on some ofhis associates to an essay on why hedid not wish to marry; fromimpatience with the “eccentricities”of Governor Bowen to heartyadmiration for Lady Bowen. Aninformative and often appreciativeview of colonial life, this bookshould prove a valuable contributionto the history of the periodand delight those general readersfor whom colonial life of the midnineteenthcentury has its ownspecial fascination.","brand":"University of Queensland Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121421009136,"sku":"9780702258336","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780702258336_p0.jpg?v=1763621863","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780702258336","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}