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  • Published: 16 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141046082
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 560
  • RRP: $22.99

Remember Me




Lesley Pearse is one of Penguin's premium brand authors with total sales of 10 million copies worldwide

In 1786 a fisherman's daughter from Cornwall called Mary Broad was sentenced to be hung for theft. But her sentence was commuted, and she was transported to Australia, one of the first convicts to arrive there.

How Mary escaped the harsh existence of the colony and found true love, and how she was captured and taken back to London in chains, only to be released after a trial where she was defended by no less than James Boswell, is one of the most gripping and moving stories of human endeavour (based on an amazing true story) you will ever read.

  • Published: 16 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141046082
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 560
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Lesley Pearse

Lesley Pearse was brought up in South London in various orphanages from the age of three. She learned about the Soho club scene and the music business during the Sixties with the late John Pritchard. Her novels have sold over ten million copies worldwide. Lesley has three daughters and three grandchildren and lives in Bristol.

Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom: she became a published writer. Lesley now lives just outside Bristol. She has three daughters and two grandchildren.

Find out more about Lesley and keep up to date with what she's been doing by following her on Twitter@LesleyPearse or by signing up for her regular newsletter at www.LesleyPearse.com

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Praise for Remember Me

Based on a true story, Remember Me brings Mary Broad vividly to life in this moving story of a woman triumphing against overwhelming odds. She made one mistake, and now she'll never see home again . . .

from the publisher's description

With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best

Daily Mail

An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry

Woman's Weekly