The Moneylender’s Daughter – V A Richardson
Allen & Unwin Bloomsbury, 2006
382 pages
RRP: AU$15.95
ISBN: 9780747578192

Reviewed by Nicolee Baxter

It is 1637. The moneylender’s daughter seeks the admiration of her father who wishes he had a son instead of a daughter. His rejection of her leads her to swing between betraying him to, and protecting him from, his various enemies. One of his enemies is Adam Windjammer whose family fortune was lost, thanks to the manipulations of the moneylender. Adam struggles to recover his family’s livelihood as the moneylender seeks to take it from him.

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