Auckland Libraries

In this episode we hear Haunui Royal talking with Cristina Sanders about her recently published novel Jerningham. Jerningham refers to Jerningham Wakefield the only son of NZ Company founder Edward Gibbon Wakefield . He was described by various commentators as a wastrel, a failure, talented and intelligent but reckless, weak-willed, contentious, promiscuous, and generally unstable. Governor Fitzroy described him as ‘the devil's missionary'! Cristina explores the character of her novel and tells us about the research journey in writing a historical fiction. Book available here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3780091 Catalogue search on Jerningham: https://tinyurl.com/vte2txbk Image: Book Cover