Annie Bags: The Lady In Rags

This is a work of fiction that is informally based on the life of a real person, Annie Ferdinand. Annie is believed to have been born into a noble family in Prussia in 1851. Her mother died when she was very young, a loss that affected both her and her father significantly and she travelled to London, England with him in the 1870's to support him while he negotiated the return of his estates which had been seized by the French during the Franco - Prussian war. Annie was devoted to her father but yearned for the company of someone who would love her and care for her as her father had loved and cherished the memory of her mother. While in London she met and fell in love with a well bred Englishman, James Pottingley, but her happiness was short-lived for events conspired to separate them and Annie found herself alone once more. She refused to believe that James had broken her heart intentionally and was a charlatan who had courted her for his own purposes, preferring to think that his disappearance from her life was not his doing. She set out to find him, knowing beyond doubt that her very existence depended on looking into his eyes and seeing his love for her reflected in them. She persisted in her quest for many years, travelling alone to places that ladies normally avoided unless accompanied by a male well known to her and uncovering small clues to his whereabouts that raised her hopes briefly and then dashed them again just as quickly. She wavered between optimism and despair, fighting her own personal demons as she faced the physical and mental hardships that she encountered along the way. This is the story of Annie's search, its awful conclusion and the cause of her becoming known throughout the northern goldfields of Australia as the legendary Annie Bags, the lady who dressed in rags.

• | Author: Laurence Joseph Murphy
• | Publisher: Laurence Joseph Murphy
• | Publication Date: Jan 07, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 212 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 099230461X
• | ISBN-13: 9780992304614